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

 several hundred feet higher than this. 



Owego creek. This stream Hows into the Susquehanna river at 

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

 westerly, thence southerly to its junction with the west branch 

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

 southeastern part of Tompkins county and flows south to its 

 junction with Catatonic creek, the 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. 



Tiouglniioga 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 die Tiough- 

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

 pari of Madison county ami Hows 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 (he main Susquehanna near Sidney. The 

 elevation of the valleys at its headwaters is about 1200 feet. Avhile 



