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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  1200 
  feet, 
  with 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  rising 
  

   several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  higher 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  Owego 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  flows 
  into 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  at 
  

   Owego. 
  The 
  east 
  branch 
  rises 
  in 
  Cortland 
  county, 
  flowing 
  first 
  

   westerly, 
  thence 
  southerly 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  

   at 
  Fleniingville. 
  The 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Owego 
  creek 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Tompkins 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  south 
  to 
  its 
  

   junction 
  with 
  Catatonk 
  creek, 
  rthe 
  principal 
  tributary 
  of 
  Owego 
  

   creek. 
  Catatonk 
  creek 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Tioga 
  county 
  

   and 
  flows 
  south 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  Owego 
  creek, 
  two 
  miles 
  north 
  

   of 
  Owego. 
  These 
  streams 
  all 
  have 
  characteristics 
  in 
  common. 
  

   The 
  headwaters 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  1000 
  feet 
  to 
  1200 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide 
  and 
  they 
  flow 
  through 
  valleys 
  of 
  similar 
  character 
  with 
  

   long 
  ridges 
  between. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  power 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  Chenango 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  'rises 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Madi- 
  

   son 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  of 
  Eaton 
  and 
  Madison, 
  and 
  flows 
  south, 
  

   across 
  Chenango 
  and 
  Broome 
  counties, 
  into 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  at 
  

   Binghamton. 
  About 
  two 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Earlville 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  

   joins 
  the 
  main 
  stream. 
  The 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  valleys 
  on 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  is 
  about 
  1200 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  Tioughnioga 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  tributary 
  of 
  

   Chenango 
  river. 
  The 
  east 
  branch 
  rises 
  in 
  Madison 
  county 
  and 
  

   flows 
  southwesterly 
  to 
  Cortland, 
  where 
  it 
  joins 
  the 
  west 
  branch. 
  

   The 
  west 
  branch 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  south 
  part 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  

   county 
  and 
  flows 
  south 
  to 
  Cortland, 
  from 
  which 
  point 
  the 
  general 
  

   course 
  of 
  the 
  Tioughnioga 
  river 
  is 
  southeast 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  

   Chenango 
  river 
  at 
  Chenango 
  Forks. 
  

  

  Otselic 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Tiough- 
  

   nioga 
  river. 
  It 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Nelson 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  central 
  

   part 
  of 
  Madison 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  generally 
  southwest, 
  joining 
  the 
  

   Tioughnioga 
  river 
  at 
  Whitney 
  Point. 
  The 
  valleys 
  at 
  its 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  above 
  tide 
  of 
  1450 
  feet. 
  

  

  Unadilla 
  river. 
  The 
  Unadilla 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Bridge- 
  

   water 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Oneida 
  county 
  and 
  

   flows 
  southerly, 
  joining 
  the 
  main 
  Susquehanna 
  near 
  Sidney. 
  The 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  the 
  valleys 
  at 
  its 
  headwaters 
  is 
  about 
  1200 
  feet, 
  while 
  

  

  