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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  namely: 
  Western 
  plateau, 
  Eastern 
  plateau, 
  Northern 
  plateau, 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast, 
  Hudson 
  valley, 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  Champlain 
  valley, 
  

   St. 
  Lawrence 
  valley, 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  Central 
  Lakes. 
  

  

  The 
  Western 
  plateau 
  includes 
  the 
  western 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  

   plateau 
  extending 
  across 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  valley 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  This 
  plateau 
  extends 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Erie 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  due 
  south 
  of 
  

   Seneca 
  lake 
  where 
  the 
  two 
  main 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  

   river 
  unite. 
  

  

  The 
  Eastern 
  plateau 
  includes 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  plateau 
  

   to 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Seneca 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  point 
  due 
  south 
  of 
  

   Seneca 
  lake 
  where 
  the 
  two 
  main 
  branches 
  of 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  

   unite. 
  It 
  is 
  terminated 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  by 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  valley. 
  

  

  The 
  Northern 
  plateau 
  mcludes 
  the 
  region 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   valley, 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Champlain 
  valley 
  and 
  east 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  and 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley. 
  

  

  The 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  region 
  includes 
  Long 
  Island, 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  

   and 
  its 
  neighborhood, 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Westchester 
  county. 
  

   With 
  the 
  flat, 
  sandy 
  beaches 
  and 
  low 
  ground 
  surrounded 
  by 
  water, 
  

   with 
  hills 
  never 
  rising 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  feet, 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  sea 
  winds. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  highest 
  

   temperature 
  and 
  precipitation 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  The 
  Hudson 
  valley 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  of 
  land 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  river, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  hills 
  and 
  tablelands 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  High- 
  

   lands. 
  Higher 
  up, 
  the 
  valley 
  widens 
  into 
  the 
  extensive 
  plains 
  on 
  

   the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  Although 
  this 
  region 
  is 
  nearly 
  at 
  sea 
  

   level, 
  its 
  climate 
  is 
  generally 
  much 
  severer 
  than 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast 
  region, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  cold 
  northern 
  winds 
  flowing 
  from 
  

   Canada 
  along 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Lake 
  Champlain. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  to 
  beyond 
  

   Eome. 
  The 
  rainfall 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  inches 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   northern 
  plateau. 
  

  

  The 
  Champlain 
  valley 
  includes 
  the 
  valleys 
  'of 
  Lakes 
  Champlain 
  

   and 
  George, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  

   distance. 
  On 
  the 
  east, 
  in 
  Vermont 
  and 
  Massachusetts, 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  rise 
  to 
  over 
  3000 
  feet, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

  

  