Seneca River (Oswego River)

Seneca River
Seneca River in Jordan
Data
Water code	US :  970593
location	New York (USA)
River system	Saint Lawrence River
Drain over	Oswego River  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin	Seneca Lake 42 ° 52 ′ 5 ″  N , 76 ° 56 ′ 27 ″  W.
Source height	135  m
Union	with the Oneida River to the Oswego River Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′ 5 ″  N , 76 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  W 43 ° 12 ′ 5 ″  N , 76 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  W
Mouth height	109  m
Height difference	26 m
Bottom slope	0.26 ‰
length	99 km
Right tributaries	Onondaga Lake outflow
Flowing lakes	Cayuga Lake , Cross Lake
Communities	Waterloo , Seneca Falls , Baldwinsville
Navigable	as the Cayuga-Seneca Canal and as part of the Erie Canal

The Seneca River is a river in the US state of New York .

River course

The Seneca River forms the drain of Seneca Lake . He leaves this on its northeast bank. It initially flows in an easterly direction and passes the places Waterloo and Seneca Falls . The Seneca River then turns to the northeast. Its course of the river touches the north end of Cayuga Lake and then flows in a northerly direction through the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, east of Black Lake and meets the Erie Canal . The course of the lower Seneca River is largely congruent with that of the Erie Canal. The Seneca River now flows mainly in an easterly direction. It flows through Cross Lake and Baldwinsville . Then it takes up the outflow of Onondaga Lake , turns on its last kilometers to the north and unites with the Oneida River to the Oswego River . The Seneca River has a length of 99 km.

shipping

The upper reaches of the Seneca River is developed as the Cayuga-Seneca Canal for shipping. The lower reaches of the Seneca River forms part of the Erie Canal. There are 4 locks on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal. At Baldwinsville there is a lock on the lower reaches of the Seneca River.

Hydropower plants

Brookfield Power operates a run-of-river power plant with 2 turbines and a total output of 1 MW on the Seneca River near Baldwinsville at lock # 24 of the Erie Canal . There are two more hydropower plants on the Cayuga-Seneca Canal.

Downstream hydropower plants on the Seneca River:

Surname	Power in MW	Number of turbines	location	operator
Waterloo	2		( ⊙ )
Seneca Falls	8th	4th	( ⊙ )
Baldwinsville	1	2	( ⊙ )	Brookfield Power

Web links

Commons : Seneca River  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Seneca Lake in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ Seneca River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
3. ↑ nycanals.com Cayuga-Seneca Canal
4. ↑ brookfieldrenewable.com
5. ↑ hydroreform.org
6. ↑ commonwealthpowercompany.com ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.