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Encyclopedia > Taughannock Falls
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Taughannock Falls State Park is located in the Town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York in the USA. The park is northwest of Ithaca, New York near Trumansburg, New York. The name "Taughannock" comes from the Delaware Indians, referring either to chief Taughannock or the word taghkanic, meaning "great fall in the woods"; it is pronounced tuh-GA-nick, the "a" pronounced as in "at". State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. ... Ulysses is a town located in Tompkins County, New York. ... Tompkins County is a county located in the state of New York. ... The city of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca in Homers Odyssey) sits on the southern shores of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York. ... Trumansburg is a village located in Tompkins County, New York. ... The Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans) were, in the 1600s, loosely organized bands of Native American people practicing small-scale agriculture to augment a largely mobile hunter-gatherer society in the region around the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River, and western Long Island Sound. ...


The main cataract of the falls is an astounding 215 ft drop, making it 33 ft taller than Niagara Falls and the largest single drop waterfall in the Northeastern United States. The water then flows through a long gorge with cliffs up to 400 ft high, giving rise to the common "Ithaca is Gorges" bumper stickers and t-shirts. Tower Fall in Yellowstone National Park A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream, flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ... The Horseshoe Falls, one of the three Niagara Falls. ... Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ...


The waterfall and gorge is an example of a hanging valley that developed in a very similar fashion to the one at nearby Watkins Glen State Park. A Hanging valley is a type of glacial feature that represents the site of a former glacier. ... Watkins Glen State Park is located on the edge of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County. ...


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Taughannock Falls State Park is located in the Town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York in the USA.
The name "Taughannock" comes from the Delaware Indians, referring either to chief Taughannock or the word taghkanic, meaning "great fall in the woods"; it is pronounced tuh-GA-nick, the "a" pronounced as in "at".
The main cataract of the falls is an astounding 215 ft drop, making it 33 ft taller than Niagara Falls and the largest single drop waterfall in the Northeastern United States.
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