Catskill Creek
| Catskill Creek [1] | |
| River | |
| Name origin: “cat creek” in Dutch | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| Region | Catskills, Hudson Valley |
| County | Greene |
| Towns | Catskill, New York, |
| Part of | Hudson River |
| Source | Franklinton Vlaie Pond |
| - location | Broome, New York |
| - coordinates | 42°31′15.32″N 74°18′21.56″W / 42.5209222°N 74.3059889°W |
| Mouth | Hudson River at Catskill, New York |
| - location | Catskill, New York |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°12′29.98″N 73°51′16.03″W / 42.2083278°N 73.8544528°WCoordinates: 42°12′29.98″N 73°51′16.03″W / 42.2083278°N 73.8544528°W |
| Basin | 394 sq mi (1,020 km2) |
 | |
Catskill Creek is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km)[2] tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east northern Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. From its source at Franklinton Vlaie in Schoharie County it flows southeast through parts of Albany County and Greene County to its mouth at the village of Catskill on the Hudson River.[3]
Like Fishkill Creek, Catskill Creek is tautological, literally repeating "creek" twice, as kill means “creek” in Dutch.
Tributaries
- Lake Creek
- Fox Creek
- Potter Hollow Creek
- Tenmile Creek
- Thorpe Creek
- Cornwallville Creek
- Fall Creek
- Bowery Creek
- Basic Creek - May be a corruption of a Native American word, quassik, “a stone”.[4]
- Platte Kill
- Shingle Kill
- Jan De Bakkers Kill
- Bell Brook
- Potic Creek - From the Native American name, po-tuck or petukqui, “round”.
- Cob Creek
- Grapeville Creek
- West Medway Creek
- Lake Brook
- Kaaterskill Creek
- Beaver Kill
- Kiskatom Brook
- Hans Vosen Kill
See also
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Catskill Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed October 3, 2011
- ↑ Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Publications, Forms, Maps. Catskill Creek Public Fishing Rights. Accessed June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 19
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