﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
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  Seneca, 
  Owasco, 
  Skaneateles, 
  Otisco, 
  Cross 
  and 
  Onondaga 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  the 
  outlets 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  river 
  turns 
  and 
  flows 
  

   in 
  a 
  generally 
  easterly 
  direction 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  Oneida 
  river 
  

   at 
  Three 
  Kivers 
  Point. 
  The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Seneca 
  river 
  on 
  the 
  

   streams 
  entering 
  Canandaigua 
  lake 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1600 
  

   feet 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  streams 
  entering 
  Keuka 
  lake 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  1400 
  feet 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  streams 
  entering 
  Seneca 
  lake, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  

   of 
  1600 
  feet; 
  on 
  the 
  streams 
  entering 
  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  1400 
  feet, 
  and 
  so 
  on. 
  1 
  Generally 
  we 
  may 
  say, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Seneca 
  river 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  from 
  

   1200 
  to 
  1600 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  

  

  Oneida 
  river. 
  Oneida 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   One 
  branch 
  — 
  Fish 
  creek 
  — 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  highlands 
  of 
  the 
  Lowville 
  

   water 
  center 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  generally 
  southerly 
  direction 
  to 
  its 
  

   mouth 
  in 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  while 
  other 
  branches 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  highlands 
  

   to 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  streams 
  flowing 
  from 
  a 
  northerly 
  direction 
  

   are 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  with 
  its 
  main 
  tributary, 
  Mad 
  

   river; 
  east 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  with 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  Furnace 
  

   creek, 
  Florence 
  creek 
  and 
  Fall 
  brook; 
  Fish 
  creek 
  enters 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake; 
  Wood 
  creek 
  is 
  tributary 
  to 
  

   Fish 
  creek 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  above 
  its 
  mouth. 
  The 
  streams 
  enter- 
  

   ing 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  from 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction 
  are 
  Chittenango 
  creek, 
  

   to 
  which 
  are 
  tributary 
  Butternut 
  and 
  Limestone 
  creeks, 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  have 
  considerable 
  power 
  upon 
  them; 
  Oneida 
  creek, 
  which 
  

   flows 
  into 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  from 
  the 
  extreme 
  southeast 
  corner, 
  and 
  

   Canaseraga 
  creek. 
  Onondaga 
  creek 
  flows 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  into 
  

   Onondaga 
  lake, 
  through 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Syracuse. 
  The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  river 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  from 
  1400 
  feet 
  to 
  1600 
  feet, 
  

   the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Avest 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek, 
  entering 
  Oneida 
  

   lake 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  being 
  about 
  1600 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater 
  and 
  

   the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek 
  being 
  about 
  1800 
  

   feet, 
  while 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  streams 
  entering 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  from 
  

   the 
  south 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  from 
  1200 
  to 
  1400 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  l 
  These 
  figures 
  are 
  general, 
  as 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  topographical 
  map; 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  they 
  are 
  somewhat 
  exceeded, 
  while 
  in 
  others 
  they 
  are 
  less. 
  

  

  