Mohawk River Valley

Mohawk River
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)
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.