Niagara Systems

Which statement is most accurate when studying Niagara Systems in New York State?

• The Erie Canal’s significance comes less from its physical survival in original form than from its long-term effect on trade routes, cities, and market geography.
• The Hudson-Mohawk corridor demonstrates geographic path dependence: later canals, railways, roads, cities, and industries followed a long-favored route.
• Niagara Falls can be studied simultaneously as a geomorphic feature, international boundary site, tourism destination, and hydroelectric resource.
• New York’s boundaries include land borders, international boundaries, lake and river boundaries, and a water boundary with Rhode Island.