Catskill Creek
| Catskill Creek [1] | |
|---|---|
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| Etymology | “Kat's Creek” in Dutch |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Catskills, Hudson Valley |
| County | Greene |
| Towns | Catskill, New York, |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Franklinton Vlaie Pond |
| • location | Broome, New York |
| • coordinates | 42°31′15.32″N 74°18′21.56″W / 42.5209222°N 74.3059889°W |
| Mouth | Hudson River at Catskill, New York |
• location | Catskill, New York |
• coordinates | 42°12′29.98″N 73°51′16.03″W / 42.2083278°N 73.8544528°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin size | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Hudson River |
Catskill Creek is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km)[2] tributary of the Hudson River that drains the northeastern Catskill Mountains of the U.S. State of New York. From its source at Franklinton Vlaie in Schoharie County it flows southeast through parts of Albany County and Greene County to its mouth at the village of Catskill on the Hudson River.[3]
Like Fishkill Creek, Catskill Creek is tautological, literally repeating "creek" twice, as kill is Dutch for "creek".
Tributaries
[edit]- Lake Creek
- Fox Creek
- Potter Hollow Creek
- Tenmile Creek
- Thorpe Creek
- Cornwallville Creek
- Fall Creek
- Bowery Creek
- Basic Creek—May be a corruption of a Mahican word meaning "valley".[4]
- Platte Kill
- Shingle Kill
- Jan De Bakkers Kill
- Bell Brook
- Potic Creek—likely from a Mahican name referring to a waterfall or set of rapids.
- Cob Creek
- Grapeville Creek
- West Medway Creek
- Lake Brook
- Kaaterskill Creek
- Beaver Kill
- Kiskatom Brook—from a Mahican name referring to the shagbark hickory tree.
- Hans Vosen Kill
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Catskill Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Publications, Forms, Maps. Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights. Accessed June 30, 2010.
- ^ Aboriginal Place Names of New York, by William Martin Beauchamp, page 19
External links
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