Genesee River
| Genesee River | ||
 Letchworth State Park - Middle Falls on the Genesee River |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 970162 | |
| location | New York , Pennsylvania (USA) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source |
Ulysses Township 41 ° 53 ′ 33 ″ N , 77 ° 43 ′ 54 ″ W. |
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| Source height | 683 m | |
| muzzle |
Lake Ontario near Rochester Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ N , 77 ° 36 ′ 8 ″ W 43 ° 15 ′ 30 ″ N , 77 ° 36 ′ 8 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 74 m | |
| Height difference | 609 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | 253 km | |
| Catchment area | 6475 km² | |
| Outflow at the level at the mouth |
MQ |
125 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Canaseraga Creek , Conesus Creek , Honeoye Creek | |
| Big cities | Rochester | |
| Small towns | Avon | |
 Map of the Genesee River |
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 Genesee River |
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 High Falls in Rochester |
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The Genesee River is a 150 miles long river in the US states of New York and Pennsylvania of the United States of America .
It flows into Lake Ontario near Rochester . The river was called the "river of many falls" by the Seneca , an Indian tribe that used to live in the area. Its current name comes from the Iroquois language and means "beautiful valley".
The middle section of the river crosses Letchworth State Park in a gorge up to 200 m deep . In its southern part, which is also called the Grand Canyon of the East , there are three waterfalls, the Upper , Middle and Lower Falls . In Rochester, the Erie Canal used to cross the Genesee River by means of an aqueduct . Today this section of the canal is closed. The newer New York State Barge Canal now crosses the river south of Rochester. From Rochester to Lake Ontario, the Genesee River has a gradient of around 100 m. Here is the beautiful 29 m high High Falls waterfall, and 1.5 km downstream the 20 m high Lower Falls .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Genesee River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ centerathighfalls.org ( Memento of the original dated August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
