River
Mohawk River
240 km from source to mouth · United States.
United StatesFlows into Hudson River
In numbers
Length
240km
Average flow
220m³/s
Basin
8,837km²
Drop
252m
from 262 m to 10 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
240 km of river and 20 stops on the way: 11 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 262 m
- 21 kmDelta Lake9.7 km²
- 29 kmRome32,573 people
- 49 kmWhitesboro3,694 people
- 56 kmUtica61,100 people
- 77 kmIlion7,926 people
- 82 kmHerkimer7,519 people
- 84 kmWest Canada Creektributary
- 96 kmLittle Falls4,787 people
- 161 kmSchoharie Creektributary
- 171 kmAmsterdam18,219 people
- 171 kmMohawk Valley Gateway Overlook pedestrian bridge
- 200 kmScotia7,727 people
- 201 kmSchenectady67,047 people
- 208 kmBridge 8, Erie Canal
- 215 kmColonie Reservoir1.2 km²
- 217 kmNiskayuna4,859 people
- 225 kmThaddeus Kosciusko Bridge
- 229 kmCrescent Bridge
- 234 kmCohoes Falls28 m
- 236 kmCohoes16,538 people
- 240 kmHudson Riverat 10 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in New York state, United States
At the mouth it carries 217 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 12 seconds. It drops from 262 m to 10 m, 1.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,837 km², about the size of PR. 609,000 people live in it. Highest water: from April to May; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (8.2% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- SchenectadyLargest city on its banks · 67,047 people
- Albany International Airport (ALB)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 12 km from the cityCar hire at ALB airport (Albany)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water50 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Mohawk River, month by month
Highest water: from April to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 97 m³/s in the lowest month to 730 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Mohawk River: the basin in numbers
9,009 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 609,000people live in the basin
- 69/km²people per km²
- 381maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,128mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.6°Caverage air temperature
- 12%protected areas
- 0.9%covered by lakes
- 0.6km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 82% Forest
- 15% Cropland
- 5% Pasture
- 4% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Mohawk River: what you find on the way
- 37WeirsLock E-18 Dam Herkimer, East Canada Lake Dam, Lock 15 Dam and 34 more
- 135LocksGuard Gate 7, Guard Gate 6, Lock E20 and 132 more
- 25WaterfallsCanajoharie Falls, Sergeant Falls, Jacob's Ladder Falls and 22 more
- 1Rapids
- 39Boat rampsFrankfort Marina Boat Launch, Ilion Marina Boat Launch, Rotary Park Boat Launch and 36 more
- 11MarinasVillage of St. Johnsville Marina, Arrowhead Marina and RV Park, Mohawk Harbor Marina and 8 more
- 1River beachesCollins Park Beach
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Mohawk River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
16mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Cohoes Fallskm 21928m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Delta Lakekm 209.7km²
- Colonie Reservoirkm 2011.2km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (16)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Bowman Hill11 km away
- Buck Hill8.2 km away
- Clark Hill11 km away
- Tripp Pinnacle8.3 km away
- Webster Hill5.9 km away
- Meszler Hill11 km away
- Finn Hill13 km away
- Oakes Hill14 km away
8 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Mohawk River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Hudson RiverUnited States492 km210 m³/sTributaries (65)
Also: Schoharie Creek, Otsquago Creek, West Canada Creek, Canajoharie Creek, Lasher Creek, Nowadaga Creek, Fulmer Creek, Yatesville Creek, Van Wie Creek, Auries Creek, Terwilleger Creek, Hurlbut Glen Brook, Reall Creek, Budlong Creek, Burch Creek, Timmerman Creek, Mother Creek, Caroga Creek, Knauderack Creek, Briggs Run, Kayaderosseras Creek, Oriskany Creek, East Canada Creek, Sauquoit Creek
Nearby
Rivers nearby
United States660 km520 m³/s196 km awayCharles RiverUnited States129 km9.0 m³/s221 km awayMerrimack RiverUnited States177 km210 m³/s235 km awayDelaware RiverUnited States579 km220 m³/s373 km awaySusquehanna RiverUnited States715 km1,100 m³/s408 km awayNiagara River
Canada53 km5.8 m³/s442 km awayPenobscot RiverUnited States563 km1,000 m³/s441 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1345896) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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