Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a 149 miles-long (240 km)[1] 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.[2]
The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Mohawk River Media
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.
Aerial view of the Mohawk River, with Troy and the Hudson River in the foreground, and Schenectady in the background
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
- ↑ Mohawk River Archived 2005-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America
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