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Chittenango Creek is a small
Chittenango Creek originates in Nelson Swamp in the town of Fenner in Madison County. It receives the outflow for Cazenovia Lake near the village of Cazenovia. From there it flows northward, passing over a waterfall in
river
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in central New York
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, United States. The creek partially forms the boundary between Onondaga County
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Onondaga County is the core of the Syracuse, NY MSA.
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and Madison County.
The Chittenango Creek watershed comprises about of drainage in Onondaga and Madison counties. The median annual flow is estimated at about .
Course
Chittenango Creek originates in Nelson Swamp in the town of Fenner in Madison County. It receives the outflow for Cazenovia Lake near the village of Cazenovia. From there it flows northward, passing over a waterfall in Chittenango Falls State Park
Chittenango Falls State Park is a state park located in Madison County, New York, east of Cazenovia Lake. The park features a waterfall that cascades over roughly 400-million-year-old bedrock. At the bottom of the falls Chittenango Creek fl ...
before flowing through the village of Chittenango
Chittenango is a village located in Madison County, New York, United States. The village is in the southern part of the Town of Sullivan. The population was 5,081 at the 2010 census. Chittenango is the birthplace of L. Frank Baum, author of '' ...
. The creek flows out into Oneida Lake
Oneida Lake is the largest lake entirely within New York state, with a surface area of .
The lake is located northeast of Syracuse and near the Great Lakes. It feeds the Oneida River, a tributary of the Oswego River, which flows into Lake Ontari ...
near the community of Bridgeport
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.
Tributaries
*Limestone Creek
Limestone Creek is long with a Drainage basin, drainage area of , and is a tributary to the Tennessee River. The river rises in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Lincoln County, Tennessee, and flows south into Madison County, Alabama, Madison County, A ...
* Meadow Brook
See also
*List of rivers in New York
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New York.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented by order of confluence with their main stem, from mouth to source.
Long Island Sound (north ...
References
External links
* Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Madison County, New York Rivers of Onondaga County, New York Cazenovia, New York {{NewYork-river-stub