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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  nearly 
  cine 
  south, 
  across 
  Sullivan 
  and 
  Orange 
  counties, 
  entering 
  

   the 
  main 
  Delaware 
  river 
  at 
  Port 
  Jervis. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  

   this 
  stream 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  

   Basher 
  kill 
  and 
  Bush 
  kill, 
  is 
  practically 
  without 
  tributaries 
  for 
  

   its 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  50 
  miles. 
  

  

  Mongaup 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  

   Sullivan 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  -due 
  south, 
  entering 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river 
  

   at 
  Mongaup. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Delaware 
  

   river, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  of 
  enough 
  importance 
  for 
  extended 
  

   mentioD. 
  Very 
  little 
  water 
  power 
  is 
  developed 
  throughout 
  this 
  

   region, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  places 
  where 
  powers 
  could 
  

   be 
  developed. 
  The 
  location 
  of 
  railways 
  near 
  the 
  water 
  level 
  has 
  

   interfered 
  with 
  such 
  developments. 
  The 
  removal 
  of 
  forests 
  has 
  

   furtheT 
  undoubtedly 
  considerably 
  injured 
  the 
  tributary 
  streams 
  

   for 
  mill 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  gives 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  

   the. 
  Delaware 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  Total 
  area 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  2,580 
  

  

  Main 
  stream, 
  below 
  mouth 
  of 
  Neversink 
  river 
  3,600 
  

  

  Main 
  stream 
  below 
  Port 
  Jervis 
  3,252 
  

  

  Main 
  stream 
  below 
  junction 
  of 
  East 
  and 
  West 
  branches. 
  . 
  . 
  1,604 
  

  

  West 
  branch 
  at 
  mouth 
  685 
  

  

  West 
  branch 
  at 
  Deposit, 
  below 
  Oquaga 
  creek 
  519 
  

  

  Pepacton 
  river 
  at 
  mouth 
  919 
  

  

  Above 
  mouth 
  of 
  Beaverkill 
  520 
  

  

  Beaverkill 
  creek 
  322 
  

  

  Oquaga 
  creek 
  82 
  

  

  Little 
  Delaware 
  creek 
  53 
  

  

  Neversink 
  river 
  at 
  mouth 
  346 
  

  

  

  By 
  way 
  of 
  concluding 
  the 
  general 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  Allegheny,. 
  

   Susquehanna, 
  and 
  Delaware 
  river 
  systems 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  these 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  extensively 
  used, 
  

   either 
  for 
  floating 
  logs 
  or 
  for 
  propelling 
  sawmills, 
  or 
  for 
  both. 
  

  

  

  