The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long (240 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany. [10] The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Located in central New York State, the Mohawk River is the largest tributary to the Hudson River. The approximately 3,460-square-mile Mohawk River Basin makes up roughly 25% of the entire Hudson River drainage area.

The Upper Hudson River Watershed originates in the Adirondack Mountains and flows south to the Hudson River confluence with the Mohawk River at the Troy Dam. The watershed lies primarily in New York State River but also drains a portion of southwestern Vermont and a small part of Massachusetts.

Mohawk River, largest tributary of the Hudson River, east-central New York, U.S. Draining 3,412 square miles (8,837 square km), the Mohawk forms in Oneida county at the junction of its East and West branches. It then flows 140 miles (225 km) south and east past Rome, Utica, Amsterdam, and Schenectady, joining the Hudson at Waterford, north of Troy.

The Hudson River watershed covers almost 13,400 square miles, and includes the Upper Hudson, Mohawk River, and Hudson River estuary watersheds. Water flows from the land into the Hudson River by way of rivers and streams, and underground through groundwater aquifers.

From its origin at the confluence of the West Branch Mohawk River and East Branch Mohawk River in north-central Oneida County, the Mohawk River flows eastward for 149 miles until it enters the Hudson River in Cohoes, NY. It is the longest tributary of the Hudson River.

The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long (240 km) river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Mohawk River. The Hudson River is known all over the world as the major waterway that runs by Manhattan Island and north into New York State. The Hudson made New York City and New York State what they are today. But Manhattan would never have become the center of power it is without another waterway.

The Hudson River watershed covers almost 13,400 square miles, and includes hundreds tributary streams. Each of those smaller rivers and streams has its own watershed, and all of these parts add up to the large whole. The US Geological Survey uses HUCs, or Hydrologic Unit Codes, as a way to divide larger watersheds into smaller scale watersheds.

The Mohawk connects the western watersheds of the Great Lakes and the Hudson River in the eastern part of the state, and its tributaries drain a portion of the Catskills and Adirondacks. All of these connections make the Mohawk River a transition between diverse ecosystems, adding to its biological diversity and unique character.