<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Finger Lakes is a group of 11 long, narrow, roughly north--south lakes in a region called the Finger Lakes region in Central New York, in the United States . This region is defined as a bioregion and is a popular tourist destination . </P> <P> The lakes' shapes reminded early map - makers of human fingers, and the name stuck . They are also characteristic glacial finger lakes . Cayuga (435 feet deep, 133 m) and Seneca (618 feet, 188 m) Lakes are among the deepest in the United States, with bottoms well below sea level . They are also the longest Finger Lakes, though neither's width exceeds 3.5 miles (5.6 km); Seneca Lake is 38.1 miles (61.3 km) long, and 66.9 square miles (173 km), the largest in total area . </P>

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