Green Lake (New York)
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This article is about the lake in Onondaga County. For other New York lakes, see Green Lake § United States.
Green Lake is the larger of the two lakes in Green Lakes State Park, which lies about 9 miles (14 km) east of downtown Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York. Round Lake is the smaller lake located west of Green Lake. Both lakes are meromictic, which means no seasonal mixing of surface and bottom waters occurs. Meromictic lakes are fairly rare; they have been extensively studied, in part because their sediments can preserve a historical record extending back thousands of years, and because of the euxinic (anoxic, sulfidic) conditions which can form in the deep water.
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Location | Onondaga County, New York |
Coordinates | 43.05°N 75.966°W / 43.05; -75.966 |
Lake type | Meromictic |
Primary inflows | Lake Brook |
Primary outflows | Lake Brook |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | .7 mi (1.1 km) |
Max. width | .15 mi (0.24 km) |
Surface area | 65 acres (0.26 km2) |
Average depth | 65 feet (20 m) |
Max. depth | 195 feet (59 m)[1] |
Water volume | 7,235,900 m3 (5,866.2 acre⋅ft) |
Shore length1 | 1.8 mi (2.9 km) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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