﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  241 
  

  

  counties 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  parts 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Franklin 
  

   counties. 
  Those 
  in 
  Herkimer 
  county 
  flow 
  into 
  the 
  Moose 
  and 
  

   Beaver 
  rivers, 
  tributaries 
  of 
  Black 
  river. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  

   elevations 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  lakes 
  of 
  Hamilton, 
  St 
  

   Lawrence, 
  and 
  Franklin 
  counties, 
  which 
  are 
  tributary 
  to 
  streams 
  

   flowing 
  northward 
  into 
  the 
  -St 
  Lawrence 
  : 
  

  

  Lake 
  Feet 
  

  

  Cranberry 
  1,540 
  

  

  Raquette 
  1,774 
  

  

  Forked 
  1,753 
  

  

  Long 
  1,630 
  

  

  Little 
  Tupper 
  1,728 
  

  

  Big 
  Tupper 
  1,552' 
  

  

  Osicegatchie 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  has 
  its 
  source 
  in 
  several 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  swamps 
  on 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  plateau, 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  

   of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  The 
  main 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Cran- 
  

   berry 
  lake 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  northwesterly 
  direction, 
  enter- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  river 
  at 
  Ogdensburg. 
  Indian 
  river, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  principal 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Oswegatchie, 
  rises 
  in 
  Indian 
  and 
  

   Bonaparte 
  lakes, 
  flows 
  to 
  and 
  through 
  Black 
  lake 
  and 
  joins 
  the 
  

   Oswegatchie 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  Ogdensburg. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  

   the' 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  main 
  

   tributaries 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  East 
  Branch 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  above 
  mouth 
  358 
  

  

  West 
  Branch 
  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  above 
  mouth 
  272 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  below 
  junction 
  of 
  two 
  branches 
  630 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  above 
  Gouverneur 
  727 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  above 
  Galilee 
  1,033 
  

  

  Indian 
  river 
  above 
  Philadelphia 
  216 
  

  

  Black 
  lake 
  above 
  Galilee 
  544 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  below 
  Black 
  lake 
  junction 
  1,577 
  

  

  Oswegatchie 
  river 
  above 
  Ogdensburg 
  1,609 
  

  

  The 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  Oswegatchie 
  at 
  Ogdensburg 
  varies 
  from 
  614 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  to 
  15,500 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   during 
  the 
  spring 
  floods. 
  

  

  