Cayuga Lake

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lake natural freshwater lake

Cayuga Lake is the longest of New York State’s Finger Lakes, known for its scenic beauty, wineries, and role as a regional recreational and ecological hub.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cayuga Lake watershed 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
natural freshwater lake ⓘ
adjacentTo Aurora, New York ⓘ
Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Ithaca, New York

Seneca Falls, New York ⓘ
Union Springs, New York ⓘ
averageDepth about 179 feet ⓘ
about 55 meters ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
connectedTo New York State Canal System ⓘ
surface form: Erie Canal system
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Cayuga County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seneca County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tompkins County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalOrigin glacial lake ⓘ
hasIsland Frontenac Island ⓘ
hasWatershed Cayuga Lake watershed ⓘ
hasWineTrail Cayuga Lake Wine Trail ⓘ
is one of the longest Finger Lakes ⓘ
the longest of New York State’s Finger Lakes ⓘ
knownFor boating ⓘ
ecological significance ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
wineries ⓘ
length about 38 miles ⓘ
about 61 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Finger Lakes ⓘ
surface form: Finger Lakes region

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
maximumDepth about 133 meters ⓘ
about 435 feet ⓘ
namedAfter Cayuga nation ⓘ
surface form: Cayuga people
near Cornell University ⓘ
Ithaca College ⓘ
northernTerminus Montezuma ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Finger Lakes ⓘ
primaryInflow Cascadilla Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fall Creek ⓘ
Salmon Creek ⓘ
Six Mile Creek ⓘ
primaryOutflow Cayuga–Seneca Canal ⓘ
Oswego River ⓘ
surface form: Seneca River
region Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ
surface form: upstate New York
southernTerminus Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Ithaca, New York
surfaceArea about 172 square kilometers ⓘ
about 66.4 square miles ⓘ
usedFor drinking water supply ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tompkins County → borderedBy → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Finger Lakes → contains → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Cayuga Inlet → flowsInto → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Cayuga Lake Wine Trail → follows → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Tompkins County → hasLakeShore → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Uris Library → hasView → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Cornell Botanic Gardens → near → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Ithaca Commons → near → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary → near → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Seneca Lake → near → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
Cayuga Inlet → partOf → Cayuga Lake ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cayuga Lake watershed