tributaries of Onondaga lake
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onondaga's tributaries
What is a Tributary?
A tributary or affluent[1] is a stream or river which flows into a main stem (or parent) river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea, ocean, or lake. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water.
A confluence is where two or more bodies of water meet together, usually referring to the joining of tributaries.
Reciprocal to a tributary is a distributary, a river that branches off of and flows away from the main stream. Distributaries are most often found in river delthttps://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Tributary.html
Onondaga lakes watersheads
- bloody brook
- ley creek
- geddes brook
- harbor brook
- ninemile creek
- Onondaga creek
- otisco lake basin
The Map
This picture shows a map of the Onondaga lake watershed and the route that the water goes in. http://www.olwp.org/lake--watershed.html
nine mile creek
The tributaries flush the lake (replacing old water with new water) rapidly compared to most other lakes. The Lake is flushed approximately four times each year. By comparison, Skaneateles Lake is flushed only once every 12 years. Water leaves the lake through a single outlet at the lake's north end. This outlet flows to the Seneca River and ultimately reaches Lake Ontario.
http://www.lakecleanup.com/habitat-conservation/nine-mile-creek/
flooding
After winter in Syracuse new York we have a lot of snow melting and running down from the hills going into the lake and then it causes flooding.
more about onondaga lake
Onondaga Lake is roughly 4.5 miles long, 1 mile wide, and lies in Central New York, next to the city of Syracuse. The lake has an average depth of 36 feet, with two deep basins. The northern basin is 62 feet deep; the southern is 65 feet deep. Ninemile Creek and Onondaga Creek are the lake’s two largest tributaries. Additionally, the discharge from Metro – Onondaga County’s sewage treatment plant – provides almost 20% of the water flowing into the lake and as much as 30% in the summer. http://www.onondaganation.org/land-rights/onondaga-lake/