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Lake Winnipesaukee (/ ˌ w ɪ n ɪ p ə ˈ s ɔː k i /) is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains.It is approximately 21 miles (34 km) long (northwest-southeast) and from 1 to 9 miles (1.6 to 14.5 km) wide (northeast-southwest), covering 69 square miles (179 km 2)—71 square miles (184 km 2) when Paugus Bay is ...
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume. The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration. Lake volumes can also change dramatically over time and during the year, especially for salt lakes in arid climates.
Rattlesnake Island is the highest (in elevation) island on Lake Winnipesaukee. The top of so-called "Mount Rattlesnake" (the top of Rattlesnake Island is not officially named) is 874 feet (266 m) high - rising 370 feet (110 m) above the mean lake level. Due to its great height, the island affords extensive views of the lake.
The Wentworth-Crescent watershed is a sub-watershed of the Lake Winnipesaukee watershed and the greater Merrimack River watershed. The three major water bodies, Sargents Pond, Crescent Lake, and Lake Wentworth, and 11 year-round tributaries are included in the 37-square-mile (96 km 2) sub-watershed, containing over 4,000 acres (16 km 2) of surface water, 617 acres (2.50 km 2) of wetlands, and ...
This year, the tournament was moved from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the ice wasn’t thick enough, to the smaller Lake Waukewan. As temperatures soared, a sister tournament on Lake Champlain in ...
The Winnipesaukee River in 1907, Franklin, NH. The Winnipesaukee River is a 10.5-mile-long (16.9 km) [1] river that connects Lake Winnipesaukee with the Pemigewasset and Merrimack rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire. The river is in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire. The river's drainage area is approximately 488 square miles (1,264 km 2).
An empty runaway boat speeding in circles on New Hampshire’s largest lake was brought safely to a stop by a teenager who jumped aboard from a personal watercraft. Rich Bono, who captured the ...
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