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Mohawk River Valley

Mohawk River
CohoesFallsPanorama.jpg
Cohoes Falls, near the eastern end of the Mohawk River in Cohoes, New York
Name origin: Named for Mohawk Nation
Country United States
State New York
Tributaries
 - left Lansing Kill, West Canada Creek,
East Canada Creek, Caroga Creek
 - right Oriskany Creek, Schoharie Creek,
Otsquago Creek, Canajoharie Creek,
Plotter Kill
Cities Schenectady, Amsterdam, Utica, Rome
Source East Branch Mohawk River and West Branch Mohawk River
 - location Ava, Oneida County, New York
 - elevation 920 ft (280 m)
 - coordinates 43°22′16″N 75°28′6″W / 43.37111°N 75.46833°W / 43.37111; -75.46833 
Mouth Hudson River
 - elevation 10 ft (3 m)
 - coordinates 42°45′39″N 73°41′13″W / 42.76083°N 73.68694°W / 42.76083; -73.68694Coordinates: 42°45′39″N 73°41′13″W / 42.76083°N 73.68694°W / 42.76083; -73.68694 
Length 149 mi (240 km)
Basin 3,412 sq mi (8,837 km2)
Discharge for Cohoes
 - average 5,908 cu ft/s (167 m3/s)
 - max 200,000 cu ft/s (5,663 m3/s)
 - min 6 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
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Hudson River watershed map showing the Mohawk River

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 the Capital District, 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.

From its source in Lewis County, the Mohawk River flows generally east through the Mohawk Valley, passing by the cities of Rome, Utica, Little Falls, Canajoharie, Amsterdam, and Schenectady before entering the Hudson River at Cohoes, just north of Albany.

The river and its supporting canal, the Erie Canal (a part of the New York State Canal System, called the New York State Barge Canal for much of the 20th century), connect the Hudson River and port of New York with the Great Lakes at Buffalo, New York. The lower part of the Mohawk River has five permanent dams, nine movable dams (seasonal), and five active hydropower plants.


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