Ashokan Reservoir
The Ashokan Reservoir (/əˈʃoʊkæn/; Iroquois for "place of fish") is a reservoir in Ulster County, New York. It is at the eastern end of the Catskill Park, and is one of several in the region created to provide the City of New York with water. It is the city's deepest reservoir at 190 feet (58 m) near the dam at the former site of Bishop Falls.
| Ashokan Reservoir | |
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Ashokan Reservoir in July 2016 | |
Ashokan Reservoir | |
| Location | Ulster County, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°57′N 74°13′W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Esopus Creek |
| Primary outflows | Esopus Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 12 mi (19 km) |
| Max. width | 1 mi (2 km) |
| Surface area | 8,300 acres (3,400 ha) |
| Average depth | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Max. depth | 190 ft (58 m) |
| Water volume | 122.9 billion US gal (465 million m3) |
| Shore length1 | 40 mi (60 km) |
| Surface elevation | 585 ft (178 m) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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