Catskill Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
that drains the northeastern
Catskill Mountains
The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province and subrange of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined a ...
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.
Like
Fishkill Creek
Fishkill Creek (also Fish Kill, from the Dutch ''vis kille'', for "fish creek") is a tributary of the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. At U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dat ...
, Catskill Creek is
tautological, literally repeating "creek" twice, as ''
kill'' is Dutch for "creek".
Tributaries
*
Lake Creek
*
Fox Creek
*Potter Hollow Creek
*
Tenmile Creek
**
Eightmile Creek
*Thorpe Creek
**Cornwallville Creek
**Fall Creek
*
Bowery Creek
*
Basic Creek—May be a corruption of a Mahican word meaning "valley".
''Aboriginal Place Names of New York''
by William Martin Beauchamp, page 19
*Platte Kill
*Shingle Kill
* Jan De Bakkers Kill
*Bell Brook
* Potic Creek—likely from a Mahican name referring to a waterfall or set of rapids.
** Cob Creek
** Grapeville Creek
*** West Medway Creek
*Lake Brook
*Kaaterskill Creek
Kaaterskill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of Catskill Creek in Greene and Ulster counties in New York. Via Catskill Creek, it i ...
** Beaver Kill
** Kiskatom Brook—from a Mahican name referring to the shagbark hickory tree.
* Hans Vosen Kill
See also
* List of rivers of New York
References
External links
Bedford Fine Art Gallery: A Catskill Creek by Frank Anderson
Catskill, New York
Catskills
Rivers of Albany County, New York
Rivers of Greene County, New York
Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Schoharie County, New York
Tributaries of the Hudson River
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