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warmer water for the shallower lakes. Keuka and Owasco I.akes, which hardly exceed 
50 meters in depth, are the warmest at the bottom in 1910. Skaneateles Lake accom- 
panies them in 1911, but the observations were not at the best place. (See p. 540.) 
Seneca and Cayuga, the deepest of the lakes, are the coldest, and are both at about the 
Fig. 5 . — Temperature curves of the six major Finger Lakes in 1910, shown to the depth of 50 meters. One vertical space represents 
5 meters in depth ; one horizontal space represents 2 ° C. See p. 548. 
same temperature. These facts of bottom temperatures should be expected on general 
principles, as stated by Wedderburn.’“ But the resemblance of the upper part of the 
curves is greater than would be anticipated. 
® Wedderbum, E. M.: Temperatures of Scottish lochs. Bathymetrical survey of the fresh*water lochs of Scotland, vol. i, 
p. 97. Edinburgh, 1910. 
