Mohawk River
| Mohawk River | |
|---|---|
Hudson River watershed map showing the Mohawk River | |
| Etymology | Named for Mohawk Nation |
| Native name | Teionontatátie (Mohawk) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Regions | Central New York, Capital Region |
| Counties | Oneida, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schenectady, Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, |
| Cities | Rome, Utica, Little Falls, Amsterdam, Schenectady, Cohoes |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | East Branch Mohawk River |
| • location | S of Mohawk Hill |
| • coordinates | 43°30′51″N 75°28′02″W / 43.5142362°N 75.4671217°W |
| 2nd source | West Branch Mohawk River |
| • location | W of West Branch |
| • coordinates | 43°22′12″N 75°30′29″W / 43.3700696°N 75.5079556°W |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | E of West Branch |
| • coordinates | 43°22′16″N 75°28′6″W / 43.37111°N 75.46833°W |
| • elevation | 932 ft (284 m) |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Border of Albany County, Saratoga County, and Rensselaer County, New York |
• coordinates | 42°45′39″N 73°41′13″W / 42.76083°N 73.68694°W |
• elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Length | 149 mi (240 km) |
| Basin size | 3,460 sq mi (9,000 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Below Delta Dam |
| • minimum | 15 cu ft/s (0.42 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 8,560 cu ft/s (242 m3/s) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Cohoes |
| • average | 5,908 cu ft/s (167.3 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 6 cu ft/s (0.17 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 200,000 cu ft/s (5,700 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Hudson River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Lansing Kill, West Canada Creek, East Canada Creek, Caroga Creek, North Chuctanunda Creek, Alplaus Kill |
| • right | Oriskany Creek, Otsquago Creek, Canajoharie Creek, Schoharie Creek, Plotter Kill |
| Waterfalls | Cohoes Falls |
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 Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. A major waterway, in the early 19th century, the river's east-west valley provided the setting and water for development of the Erie Canal, as a key to developing New York. The largest tributary, the Schoharie Creek, accounts for over one quarter (26.83%) of the Mohawk River's watershed. Another main tributary is the West Canada Creek, which makes up for 16.33% of the Mohawk's watershed.