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Types of Aquatic Environment 



The rivers of America have been extensively studied 

 as to their hydrography, their navigability, their water- 

 power resources, and their liability to overflow with 

 consequent flood damage ; but it is the conditions they 



Fig. 21. Streams of the upper Cayuga basin. 



A. Taughannock Creek, with a waterfall 211 feet high near its mouth; 

 B. Salmon Creek; C. Fall Creek with the Cornell University Biological Field 

 Station in the marsh at its mouth (views on this stream are shown in the initial 

 cuts on pages 24 and 82); D. Cascadilla Creek (view on page 55); E. Sixmile 

 Creek; F. Buttermilk Creek with Coys Glen opposite its mouth. (View on 

 page 77 ; of the Glen on page 25) ; G. Neguena Creek or the Inlet. The southern- 

 most of these streams rise in cold swamps, which drain southward also into 

 tributaries of the Susquehanna River. 



