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The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long (240 km) river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the city of Albany. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. It is a major waterway in north-central New York. The largest tributary, the Schoharie Creek, accounts for over one quarter (26.83%) of the Mohawk River's watershed. Another main tributary is the West Canada Creek, which makes up for 16.33% of the Mohawk's watershed.
The West Branch Delaware River is one of two branches that form the Delaware River. It is approximately 90 mi (144 km) long, and flows through the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. It winds through a mountainous area of New York in the western Catskill Mountains for most of its course, before joining the East Branch along the northeast border of Pennsylvania with New York. Midway or so it is empounded by the Cannonsville Dam to form the Cannonsville Reservoir, both part of the New York City water supply system for delivering drinking water to the City.
The Neversink River is a 55-mile-long (89 km) tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern New York in the United States. The name of the river comes from the corruption of an Algonquian language phrase meaning "mad river."
The Maquoketa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 150 miles (240 km) long, in northeastern Iowa in the United States. Its watershed covers 1,694 square miles (4,387 km2) within a rural region of rolling hills and farmland southwest of Dubuque. It is not to be confused with the Little Maquoketa River, another distinct direct tributary of the Upper Mississippi River meeting the Big River north of Dubuque. The river and its tributaries mark the border of the Driftless Area of Iowa, with the areas east of it not having been covered by ice during the last ice age. Its name derives from Maquaw-Autaw, which means "Bear River" in Meskwaki.
Stony Brook, also known as Stoney Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Hunterdon and Mercer counties, New Jersey, in the United States.
The Pepacton Reservoir, also known as the Downsville Reservoir, is a reservoir in Delaware County, New York on the East Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Part of the New York City water supply system, it was formed by the construction of Downsville Dam, and impounds over one-quarter of the East Branch's flow.
Duck Pond Run is a tributary of the Stony Brook in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.
Steele Creek is a river in Herkimer County in the state of New York. The creek begins in an unnamed swamp south of Cedarville, and flows in a northeast direction before emptying into the Mohawk River in the village of Ilion. Steele Creek travels through the Ilion Gorge and alongside NY-51 for most of its length. Steele Creek derives its name from Rudolph Stahl, who built the first grist mill in Ilion along the creek.
Charlotte Creek is a river located in Delaware County, New York. Charlotte Creek borders the southern border of Otsego County, New York for a few miles near the mouth. The creek converges with the Susquehanna River by Emmons, New York.
Lake Brook is a river in Delaware County, New York. It drains Odell Lake and flows south before converging with the West Branch Delaware River west of Hobart.
Wright Brook is a river in Delaware County, New York. It drains Creamery Pond and flows south before converging with the West Branch Delaware River south of Bloomville.
Falls Creek is a river in Delaware County in the state of New York. It begins east of the hamlet of Meredith and flows in a generally southeast direction before flowing into the West Branch Delaware River north-northeast of the village of Delhi. Watauga Falls is a waterfall located on the creek.
Peaks Brook flows into the West Branch Delaware River by Delhi, New York.
Little Delaware River is a river in Delaware County, New York. It begins along the western slope of Plattekill Mountain, northeast of the Hamlet of Bovina and flows generally westward before converging with the West Branch Delaware River by the Village of Delhi.
West Brook flows into the West Branch Delaware River by Walton, New York.
Roods Creek is a river in Delaware County, New York. It begins just south of Cannonsville Reservoir and flows south into Crystal Lake. After exiting Crystal Lake it continues flowing south and then flows into Silver Lake. After exiting Silver Lake it continues southward before converging with the West Branch Delaware River east of the hamlet of Hale Eddy.
Beers Brook is a river in Delaware County, New York. It flows into the West Branch Delaware River by Beerston. Beers Brook flows through Russ Gray Pond.
Horse Brook is a river in Delaware County, New York. It drains Lake Mimi and flows south before converging with Beaver Kill northwest of Roscoe.
Spring Lake is a small lake north-northwest of Delhi in Delaware County, New York. It drains southeast via an unnamed creek which flows into Steele Brook.
Delhi Reservoir was a small reservoir located northwest of Delhi in Delaware County, New York. Steele Brook flowed through Delhi Reservoir.
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- ↑ "Steele Brook". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "Steele brook". usgs.gov. usgs. 1996. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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