Fox Creek (Catskill Creek tributary)

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Fox Creek
River
Country United States
State New York
County Albany, Greene
Source Rensselaerville State Forest
 - location Rensselaerville State Forest, Village of Rensselaerville
 - coordinates 42°30′05″N74°11′04″W / 42.50139°N 74.18444°W / 42.50139; -74.18444
Mouth Catskill Creek
 - location Preston Hollow, New York
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates 42°26′27″N74°12′14″W / 42.44083°N 74.20389°W / 42.44083; -74.20389 Coordinates: 42°26′27″N74°12′14″W / 42.44083°N 74.20389°W / 42.44083; -74.20389

Fox Creek [1] is a 6.0-mile-long (9.7 km) [2] tributary of Catskill Creek in Albany County, New York. Via Catskill Creek, it is part of the Hudson River watershed. Fox Creek runs from the Rensselaerville State Forest in the town of Rensselaerville to Catskill Creek at Preston Hollow.

Catskill Creek river in the United States of America

Catskill Creek is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km) tributary of the Hudson River that drains the northeastern Catskill Mountains of the U.S. State of New York. From its source at Franklinton Vlaie in Schoharie County it flows southeast through parts of Albany County and Greene County to its mouth at the village of Catskill on the Hudson River.

Albany County, New York County in the United States

Albany County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States. Its northern border is formed by the Mohawk River, at its confluence with the Hudson River, which is on the east. As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204. The county seat is Albany, the state capital of New York. As originally established by the English government in the colonial era, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has had an area of 530 square miles (1,400 km2) since March 3, 1888. The county is named for the Duke of York and of Albany, who became James II of England.

Hudson River river in New York State, draining into the Atlantic at New York City

The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States. The river originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York, flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the Upper New York Bay between New York City and Jersey City. It eventually drains into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor. The river serves as a political boundary between the states of New Jersey and New York at its southern end. Further north, it marks local boundaries between several New York counties. The lower half of the river is a tidal estuary, deeper than the body of water into which it flows, occupying the Hudson Fjord, an inlet which formed during the most recent period of North American glaciation, estimated at 26,000 to 13,300 years ago. Tidal waters influence the Hudson's flow from as far north as the city of Troy.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox Creek (Catskill Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite , accessed October 3, 2011


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