﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Canada 
  creek 
  and 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Hamilton 
  county, 
  and 
  crossing 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  Essex 
  county 
  to 
  Lake 
  

   Champlain. 
  The 
  highest 
  peak 
  is 
  Mount 
  Dix, 
  with 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   4915 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Other 
  prominent 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bouquet 
  range 
  are 
  Giant, 
  Noon 
  Mark, 
  Dial, 
  Nippletop, 
  McComb, 
  

   Sable 
  and 
  Boreas 
  mountains. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  range, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Schroon, 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mohawk, 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Fulton 
  county, 
  and 
  crossing 
  

   through 
  Warren 
  and 
  Essex 
  counties 
  ends 
  near 
  Westport, 
  on 
  Lake 
  

   Champlain. 
  The 
  Schroon 
  river 
  flows 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  base 
  of 
  

   this 
  range. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  range 
  is 
  the 
  Kayaderosseras, 
  which 
  begins 
  in 
  the 
  

   lowlands 
  north 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  Springs 
  and 
  extends 
  through 
  Warren 
  

   county 
  to 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  Mount 
  Pharaoh, 
  a 
  high 
  peak 
  near 
  

   Schroon 
  lake, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  important 
  mountain 
  of 
  this 
  range. 
  

  

  The 
  fifth 
  range, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Luzerne 
  mountains, 
  begins 
  in 
  the 
  

   foothills 
  near 
  Saratoga, 
  crosses 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  

   Glens 
  Falls, 
  and 
  running 
  northeasterly 
  encircles 
  Lake 
  George 
  on 
  

   the 
  west, 
  ending 
  at 
  Ticonderoga 
  on 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  The 
  peaks 
  

   of 
  this 
  range 
  around 
  Lake 
  George 
  are 
  about 
  2000 
  feet 
  above 
  tide- 
  

   water. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Arnold 
  Guyot, 
  the 
  main 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  a 
  high 
  triangular 
  tract 
  or 
  tableland, 
  elevated 
  

   from 
  1500 
  to 
  2000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  ocean, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  

   the 
  northeastern 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  Appalachian 
  

   plateau 
  in 
  this 
  latitude. 
  The 
  natural 
  limits 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  

   north 
  are 
  the 
  depression 
  now 
  only 
  partly 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Lakes 
  Erie 
  and 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  which 
  continues 
  in 
  a 
  northeastern 
  

   course 
  down 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  to 
  the 
  ocean. 
  The 
  natural 
  

   limit 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  is 
  the 
  long 
  and 
  deep 
  valley 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain 
  

   and 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  In 
  the 
  south 
  the 
  tableland 
  continues 
  unin- 
  

   terrupted 
  into 
  Pennsylvania. 
  The 
  eastern 
  edge 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  mountain 
  chains, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  isolated, 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  

   highest 
  summits 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  Highlands, 
  crossed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  the 
  Shawangunk 
  mountain 
  and 
  the 
  Catskills 
  on 
  

  

  