Hannacrois Creek
Hannacrois Creek Hannacroix Creek | ||
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Towns , Westerlo, New York, Coeymans, New York | | |
Physical characteristics | ||
Source | ||
• location | Westerlo, New York | |
• coordinates | 42°23′58″N 74°00′43″W / 42.39944°N 74.01194°W | |
Mouth | Hudson River | |
• location | Coeymans, New York | |
• coordinates | 42°27′46″N 73°47′06″W / 42.46278°N 73.78500°W | |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Hannacrois Creek[1] is a 20.9-mile-long (33.6 km)[2] tributary to the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. From its source in Westerlo it flows through Dunbar Hollows and over Dickinson Falls to the Alcove Reservoir. It then passes through Coeymans Hollow and just into Greene County to its mouth at the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York.
Hannacrois Creek has a drainage area of over 60 square miles (160 km2).[3]
Variant names of the creek include
Tributaries
- Silver Creek
- Gulf Creek
- Cole Hollow (stream)
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hannacrois Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ "New York State Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Rating" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 149.
- ^ From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames, by Ren Vasiliev Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine