Wanaque Reservoir
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File:2013-05-12 13 25 52 View of Wanaque Reservoir from the Wanaque Ridge Trail in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey.jpg
View of the southern portion of Wanaque Reservoir from Wanaque Ridge in Ramapo Mountain State Forest
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Location | Ringwood / Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Wanaque River, Ramapo River (via Pompton Lakes intake), Pompton River (via Two Bridges intake) |
Primary outflows | Wanaque River |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 6.6 miles (10.6 km) |
Max. width | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
Surface area | 2,310 acres (9.3 km2) |
Average depth | 37 feet (11 m) |
Max. depth | 90 feet (27 m) |
Water volume | 29,630,000,000 US gallons (1.122×1011 L) |
Surface elevation | 302.4 feet (92.2 m) |
Wanaque Reservoir is a man-made lake located within Wanaque and Ringwood, New Jersey along the Wanaque River. The reservoir came into being in 1928 by the construction of the Raymond Dam along the river in Wanaque. Besides the Wanaque River, the reservoir receives water from two diversions: the Pompton Lakes intake, which takes water from the Ramapo River, and the Two Bridges intake, which takes water from the Pompton River.[1] It is the second largest reservoir in New Jersey by volume, after Round Valley Reservoir.
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