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 affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

that drains the northeastern

Catskill Mountains The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas c ...

of the U.S. State of

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. From its source at

Franklinton Vlaie Franklinton Vlaie or "The Vlaie" is a tributary of Catskill Creek in Broome, Schoharie County, New York in the United States. Vlaie In the Hudson Valley of eastern United States, a vlaie, vly or fly is a swamp or marsh. It also applies to cr ...

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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 data ...

, Catskill Creek is tautological, literally repeating "creek" twice, as ''

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'' is Dutch for "creek".

Tributaries

* Lake Creek * Fox Creek *Potter Hollow Creek * Tenmile Creek ** Eightmile Creek *Thorpe Creek **Cornwallville Creek **Fall Creek *

Bowery Creek Bowery Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of Catskill Creek north of the Catskill Mountains of New York. Via Catskill Creek, it is part o ...

Basic Creek Basic Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of New York. The name "Basic" is possibly derived from the Mahican language, meaning "stone". See also *Basic Creek Reservoir The Basic Creek Reservoir is one of three reservoirs in the City of Albany, ...

—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 Jan de Bakker's Kill (pronounced yon-de-bocker) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of Catskill Creek, part of the Hudson River The Hudso ...

*Bell Brook *

Potic Creek Potic Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 tributary to Catskill Creek in the Catskill Mountains of New York. The name comes from the Mahican for a wat ...

—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 is p ...

Beaver Kill The Beaver Kill, sometimes written as the Beaverkill or Beaverkill River, is a tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The Kill (bod ...

** Kiskatom Brook—from a Mahican name referring to the

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tree. * Hans Vosen Kill

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 {{NewYork-river-stub