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Wanaque Reservoir. / 41.069646; -74.290953. 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 ...
Dover Beaches North is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [ 8] located within Toms River, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [ 9][ 10][ 11] As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 1,239. [ 12] The CDP includes the communities of Ocean Beaches 1, 2 and 3, Chadwick Beach, Chadwick ...
Floridan aquifer. The Floridan aquifer system, composed of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers, is a sequence of Paleogene carbonate rock which spans an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 km 2) in the southeastern United States. It underlies the entire state of Florida and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
Lake Norman is the largest man-made body of fresh water in North Carolina. It was created between 1959 and 1964 [1] as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy. Located in Iredell County, 40 miles north of Charlotte, Lake Norman State Park boasts the region's popular mountain biking trail system.
The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest inland body of water in Massachusetts, United States, and was built between 1930 and 1939. Along with the Wachusett Reservoir, it is the primary water supply for Boston, 65 miles (105 km) to the east, and 40 other cities and towns in Greater Boston. The Quabbin also supplies water to three towns west of the ...
The Boonton Reservoir is a 700-acre (280 ha) reservoir located between Boonton and Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey. Boonton, along with nearby Splitrock Reservoir, provides water for Jersey City, New Jersey. [ 2] It was formed by the construction of a dam on the Rockaway River completed in 1904 [ 1] on the site of the original town of Boonton.
The tidal range in Normandy was about 12 feet (3.7 m); low tide uncovered about one-quarter of a mile (0.4 km) of beach, and water deep enough for coasters, which drew 12 to 18 feet (3.7 to 5.5 m) of water, was another one-half a mile (0.8 km) further out. [74] The solution the COSSAC planners adopted was to build a prefabricated harbor.
Gold Beach. / 49.34528°N 0.57167°W / 49.34528; -0.57167. Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the ...