Genesee River

The Genesee River runs from South to North, just like the Nile River in Africa.  It starts in Northern Pennsylvania and ends in Rochester, at Lake Ontario.  It is 158 miles long.  Halfway to Rochester it goes into a 25 mile gorge.  A gorge is a narrow passage through land.  Here is a picture of the gorge that runs through Letchworth State Park.

 As the river runs through Rochester there is the High Falls in the middle of the city.

 And this is where the River is close to emptying into Lake Ontario.  The bridge in the picture is no longer in use but it used to turn so that a train could cross over the river.