| Flax Island Creek | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| Region | Central New York Region |
| Source | |
| - coordinates | 42°27′59″N75°13′57″W / 42.46639°N 75.23250°W |
| Mouth | Susquehanna River |
| - location | Otego, New York |
| - elevation | 1,020 ft (311 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°23′14″N75°10′50″W / 42.38722°N 75.18056°W Coordinates: 42°23′14″N75°10′50″W / 42.38722°N 75.18056°W [1] |
  Location of the mouth in New York | |
Flax Island Creek is a river located in southern Otsego County, New York. The creek converges with the Susquehanna River by Otego, New York.
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.
Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock."
The Susquehanna River is a major river located in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. At 464 miles (747 km) long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. With its watershed, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United States without commercial boat traffic.
