﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  51 
  

  

  mountains 
  are 
  over 
  5000 
  feet 
  in 
  hight. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  this 
  

   region 
  is 
  low, 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  reason 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  valley. 
  

  

  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Ontario 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  level 
  region, 
  

   gradually 
  inclining 
  upward 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  plateau. 
  In 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  it 
  is 
  from 
  40 
  to 
  50 
  miles 
  in 
  width, 
  while 
  in 
  Canada 
  it 
  

   extends 
  for 
  a 
  l'ong 
  distance 
  to 
  north 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  

   river. 
  

  

  The 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  begins 
  as 
  a 
  narrow 
  strip 
  in 
  Chau- 
  

   tauqua 
  county, 
  gradually 
  widening 
  and 
  extending 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  

   of 
  Lake 
  Ontario, 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  miles 
  in 
  width, 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  

   North 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  this 
  region 
  shrinks 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  belt, 
  at 
  

   Oswego, 
  but 
  widens 
  again 
  above 
  this 
  point 
  towards 
  the 
  plains 
  

   of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley. 
  

  

  The 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Lakes 
  includes 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  Keuka, 
  

   Seneca, 
  Cayuga, 
  Owasco 
  and 
  Oneida 
  lakes. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   central 
  location, 
  it 
  possesses 
  climatic 
  peculiarities 
  differing 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  from 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  1 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  1. 
  Showing 
  number 
  of 
  stations 
  of 
  weather 
  bureau 
  and 
  

  

  APPROXIMATE 
  ELEVATION 
  ABOVE 
  TIDEWATER, 
  IN 
  1893 
  AND 
  1902. 
  

  

  

  1893 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  

  Number 
  of 
  

   stations 
  

  

  Approximate 
  

   elevation 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  

   stations 
  

  

  Approximate 
  

   elevation 
  

  

  (1) 
  

  

  (2) 
  

  

  (3) 
  

  

  (4) 
  

  

  (5) 
  

  

  Western 
  plateau 
  

  

  14 
  

   14 
  

  

  7 
  

   4 
  

   9 
  

  

  2 
  

   2 
  

   7 
  

   12 
  

   5 
  

  

  1,211 
  

  

  1,192 
  

  

  1,328 
  

  

  82 
  

  

  353 
  

  

  491 
  

  

  233 
  

  

  389 
  

  

  496 
  

  

  742 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  1,135 
  

  

  Eastern 
  plateau 
  

  

  1,068 
  

  

  Northern 
  plateau 
  

  

  1,318 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  coast 
  

  

  175 
  

  

  Hudson 
  valley 
  

  

  382 
  

  

  Mohawk 
  valley 
  

  

  Champlain 
  valley 
  

  

  556 
  

  

  286 
  

  

  St 
  Lawrence 
  valley 
  

  

  Great 
  Lakes 
  region 
  

  

  351 
  

   446 
  

  

  Central 
  Lakes 
  region 
  

  

  676 
  

  

  

  76 
  

  

  

  92 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  x 
  This 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  climatic 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  abstracted 
  from 
  

   the 
  2d 
  An. 
  Rept 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Meteorological 
  Bureau 
  

   and 
  Weather 
  Service, 
  1890. 
  

  

  