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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  these 
  streams 
  rise 
  along 
  the 
  western 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Southwestern 
  

   plateau. 
  

  

  In 
  quantity 
  very 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  enters 
  the 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  sound 
  basin, 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  streams 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  sound 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  numerous 
  but 
  very 
  small 
  streams 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  the 
  whole 
  supply. 
  

  

  The 
  Passaic 
  basin 
  is 
  mostly 
  confined 
  to 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   small 
  streams 
  having 
  sources 
  in 
  Rockland 
  and 
  Orange 
  counties. 
  

  

  