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"The Gap" as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct. The namesake feature of the recreation area is the prominent Delaware Water Gap, located at the area's southern end.The Delaware River runs through the gap, separating Pennsylvania's Mount Minsi on Blue Mountain, elevation 1,461 feet (445 m), from New Jersey's Mount Tammany on Kittatinny Mountain, elevation 1,527 feet (465 m).
The Delaware Water Gap with the Pennsylvania town of the same name visible in the lower left next to the I-80 crossing. A water gap is a geological feature where a river cuts through a mountain ridge. The Delaware Water Gap formed 500 million years ago [4] when quartz pebbles from mountains in the area were deposited in a shallow sea.
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for 282 miles (454 km) [ 1 ] along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, before ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Delaware. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Hoopes Reservoir. Hoopes Reservoir is a reservoir in New Castle County, Delaware. The reservoir first impounded the water of Old Mill Stream and Red Clay Creek in 1932, with a dam built by the city of Wilmington, Delaware, for municipal drinking water. It has a water surface of 187 acres (76 ha), a maximum capacity of 11,000 acre-feet ...
Tocks Island Dam. Tocks Island is a small island located a short distance north of the Delaware Water Gap in the Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It is part of Hardwick Township, in Warren County, New Jersey. The site was proposed for dam construction several times by the Corps of Engineers, beginning in 1934 and again in 1939.
Newark Reservoir. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. The Newark Reservoir is a reservoir in Newark, Delaware, located just north of downtown. Completed in 2006, it holds 317 million U.S. gallons (1.20 × 10 9 L) of water pumped from White Clay Creek, which can supply the city for up to 100 days. [1]
180 ft (55 m) Water volume. 430,256 acre-feet (530,713,000 m 3) The Pepacton Reservoir, also known as the Downsville Reservoir, is a reservoir in Delaware County, New York on the East Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Part of the New York City water supply system, it was formed by the construction of Downsville ...