Fall Creek (New York)

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Fall Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Sempronius, New York
Mouth Cayuga Lake
  location
Ithaca, New York, United States
  coordinates
42°27′36″N76°30′35″W / 42.46000°N 76.50972°W / 42.46000; -76.50972
Basin size128 sq mi (330 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left Beaver Creek, Mud Creek,
Virgil Creek
  right Lake Como Outlet, Webster Brook,
Mill Creek

Fall Creek is a river located in Tompkins County, New York. It flows into Cayuga Lake by Ithaca, New York. [1]

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Fall Creek in Varna, New York

Fall Creek makes its way through the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Beebe Lake, Triphammer Falls, and Ithaca Falls are some of its notable features. It empties into Cayuga Lake at Stewart Park.

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References

  1. "Fall Creek". usgs.gov. usgs. 1998. Retrieved 30 May 2017. data