Mohawk River
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The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River, flowing into it in Cohoes, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany. T
Cohoes Falls, near the eastern end of the Mohawk River in Cohoes, New York
Mohawk River at confluence of South Chuctanunda Creek
As the Laurentian Glacier retreated, it blocked the outflow of Glacial Lake Iroquois. Instead of flowing down the St Lawrence Valley it flowed down the Mohawk River.
The Mohawk Valley (center-right), runs east and west, cutting a natural path between the Catskill Mountains to the south and the Adirondack Mountains to the north.
Otsquago Creek
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Otsquago Creek is a river that enters the Mohawk River in Fort Plain, New York. Otsquago is a Mohawk language word meaning 'under the bridge', probably referring to an early bridge of felled trees alo
Rapids on the creek by Vanhornesville
New York Army National Guard clearing debris and widening the creek in Fort Plain after the major flood of June 2013.
Graph from lower USGS stream gauge showing rise in discharge during February 2017