Cayuga Lake

Lake of the Finger Lakes

The Cayuga Lake is a lake in the USA.

It belongs to the group of lakes of the Finger Lakes and is located in Cayuga County in the U.S. state of New York. The lake has an average width of 2.8 km. Its widest point is 5 km. The lake is up to 132 meters deep and is 116.4 m above sea level. M. The lake is 169 km ². The catchment area of ​​Cayuga Lake covers 2010 km ².

The lake was created as a moraine at the end of the last ice age.

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The lake is near the town of Union Springs, a small island called Frontenac Iceland, this is one of only two islands in the Finger Lakes.

The city of Ithaca with Cornell University is located at the southern end of Cayuga Lake. The official song of the University, Far Above Cayuga 's Waters, the situation sings at the lake.

The water level is controlled by a sluice at the northern end of the lake.

The lake is connected by the Cayuga - Seneca Canal to the Erie Canal, and thus in connection to Ontario. In addition, he is joined by the Cayuga Seneca Canal with Lying west Seneca Lake. Before the onset of winter, the water level is reduced to the absolute minimum to keep small the damage by deep frost and when in the spring the ice melt begins as small to hold the damage caused by a strong outflow of the melt water.

On the western shore of the lake are the Taughannock Falls, a part of itself located here Taughannock Falls State Park.

The northern area of ​​the lake is characterized by shallow alluvium and silt, and an important stopover point for migratory birds. Right here also the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is located, a nature reserve and bird sanctuary is the managed and supervised by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

The southern area is also shallow and the surface of the lake freezes during the winter months often.

Villages on the lake

On the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake on the following places:

  • Aurora
  • Cayuga
  • King Ferry
  • Levanna
  • Myers
  • Union Springs

On the western shore of the lake are located:

  • Canoga
  • Poplar Beach
  • Sheldrake
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