﻿84 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  PHYSIOGRAPHY 
  AND 
  TOPOGRAPHY 
  

  

  The 
  surface 
  is 
  very 
  broken 
  and 
  mountainous; 
  considerably 
  less 
  

   than 
  one-half 
  being 
  capable 
  of 
  cultivation. 
  The 
  relief, 
  however, 
  is 
  

   somewhat 
  less 
  abrupt 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  Essex 
  county, 
  as 
  the 
  mountains 
  

   are 
  rounder 
  and 
  the 
  valleys 
  broader. 
  The 
  general 
  trend 
  of 
  the 
  

   ridges 
  is 
  north 
  and 
  south. 
  Elevations 
  range 
  from 
  340 
  feet 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  to 
  3,340 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   western 
  part. 
  

  

  GEOLOGY 
  AND 
  SOIL 
  

  

  Gneiss 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  rock 
  underlying 
  this 
  area, 
  while 
  granite, 
  

   crystalline 
  limestone 
  and 
  serpentine 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  

   graphite 
  and 
  garnetiferous 
  schists 
  already 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  The 
  soil 
  is, 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part, 
  a 
  light 
  sandy 
  loam 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  

   cases 
  underlaid 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  hard 
  pan 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  

  

  Some 
  clay 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valleys, 
  giving 
  a 
  rich 
  soil 
  well 
  suited 
  

   for 
  farming. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  there 
  are 
  areas, 
  e. 
  g., 
  the 
  Pine 
  

   Plains 
  at 
  Glens 
  Falls 
  and 
  the 
  flat 
  north 
  of 
  Chestertown, 
  where 
  the 
  

   soil 
  is 
  nearly 
  pure 
  sand. 
  

  

  DRAINAGE 
  

  

  The 
  drainage 
  of 
  Warren 
  county 
  is 
  quite 
  typical 
  of 
  a 
  country 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  glaciated, 
  swamps, 
  small 
  kettle 
  holes, 
  etc., 
  being 
  

   quite 
  frequent. 
  The 
  two 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  receive 
  the 
  bulk 
  

   of 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  while 
  along 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  margin 
  it 
  flows 
  into 
  Lake 
  George 
  and 
  ultimately 
  into 
  

   the 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  constitute 
  a 
  very 
  

   important 
  factor 
  in 
  the 
  lumber 
  business, 
  as 
  they 
  furnish 
  a 
  very 
  

   cheap 
  method 
  of 
  getting 
  the 
  logs 
  to 
  the 
  manufacturing 
  centers. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  lakes. 
  — 
  Lake 
  George 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  

   important, 
  while 
  Schroon 
  and 
  Brant 
  lakes, 
  etc., 
  serve 
  to 
  store 
  water 
  

   during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  scanty 
  rainfall. 
  

  

  THE 
  FOREST 
  

  

  Originally, 
  Warren 
  county, 
  or 
  more 
  particularly, 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  

   lying 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  magnificent 
  forest 
  in 
  

  

  