﻿HYDROLOGY 
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  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Chemung 
  river. 
  This 
  river 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cohocton, 
  Canisteo 
  and 
  Tioga 
  rivers, 
  at 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  The 
  

   Tioga 
  river 
  receives 
  the 
  Canisteo 
  at 
  Erwin, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  south- 
  

   west 
  of 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  The 
  elevation 
  at 
  Painted 
  Post 
  is 
  947 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tidewater. 
  From 
  Painted 
  Post 
  the 
  Chemung 
  river 
  pursues 
  

   a 
  southeasterly 
  course, 
  crossing 
  the 
  State 
  line 
  at 
  Waver 
  ly. 
  and 
  

   joining 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  near 
  Athens, 
  in 
  Bradford 
  county, 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  line. 
  

  

  Tioga 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  Tioga 
  county, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  

   and 
  flows 
  north 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  Cohocton 
  at 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  

  

  Canisteo 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  tributary 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  of 
  the 
  Tioga 
  river, 
  joining 
  it 
  five 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  

   It 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Allegany 
  county 
  and 
  

   flows 
  southeasterly 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Tioga 
  at 
  Erwin. 
  

  

  Cohocton 
  river. 
  The 
  Cohocton 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Spring- 
  

   water 
  in 
  Livingston 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  southeast 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  Tioga 
  

   at 
  Painted 
  Post. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  small 
  powers 
  on 
  this 
  stream 
  

   at 
  Bath 
  and 
  other 
  places. 
  The 
  area 
  drained 
  by 
  the 
  Cohocton 
  and 
  

   Canisteo 
  rivers 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  denuded 
  of 
  forests, 
  and 
  these 
  

   streams 
  are 
  in 
  consequence 
  less 
  valuable 
  for 
  water 
  power 
  than 
  

   formerly. 
  For 
  a 
  considerable 
  length 
  of 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1895 
  

   the 
  natural 
  yield 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  was 
  probably 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  

   0.05 
  of 
  a 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  At 
  an 
  early 
  date 
  

   the 
  Cohocton, 
  Canisteo 
  and 
  Tioga 
  rivers 
  were 
  extensively 
  utilized 
  

   for 
  floating 
  logs 
  to 
  market, 
  but 
  this 
  business 
  has, 
  of 
  course, 
  long 
  

   since 
  ceased 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  material. 
  

  

  The 
  topography 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  from 
  which 
  these 
  streams 
  issue 
  

   may 
  all 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  semi-mountainous. 
  The 
  parts 
  remote 
  from 
  

   the 
  main 
  streams 
  are 
  roughly 
  rolling, 
  while 
  in 
  their 
  vicinity 
  the 
  

   topography 
  is 
  more 
  rugged, 
  with 
  valleys 
  flanked 
  by 
  high 
  and 
  steep 
  

   hills, 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  precipitous 
  and 
  bluff-like 
  at 
  their 
  bases. 
  The 
  

   main 
  valleys 
  are 
  at 
  elevations 
  ranging 
  from 
  800 
  to 
  1200 
  feet 
  above 
  

   tidewater, 
  while 
  the 
  hills 
  rise 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2500 
  feet. 
  

  

  Cayuta 
  creek. 
  This 
  creek 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Chemung 
  

   county 
  and 
  flows 
  south 
  through 
  Waverly 
  into 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  

   river 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  line. 
  Its 
  headwaters 
  are 
  at 
  

  

  