Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a 149-mile-long river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River, flowing into it in Cohoes, a few miles north of the state capital of Albany.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New York state, United States
- Also known as: “Canneoganaka lonita’de”, “Con-ne-o-ga-ha-ka-lon-on-i-ta-de”, “Da-ya-hoo-wa-quat”, “Fiume Mohawk”, “Maaquas River”, “Magnas Kill”, “Maquaas Kill”, “Maquas Kill”, “Mohawk-floden”, “Mohawk-Tal”, “Mohawkelven”, “Mohocks River”, “Mohok River”, “Mohokas”, “O-i-o-gue”, “Ohionhiió:ke Stream”, “reka Mohawk”, “Riviere Mohock”, “Shenectady River”, “Te-non-an-at-che”, “Te-uge-ga”, “Yenonanatche”, “Могавк”, “Могак”, “Мохок (река)”, and “Ріка Могайк”
- Neighbors: Schenectady
Places of Interest
Highlights: Van Schaick House and Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cohoes and Green Island.
Mohawk River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Saratoga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.76091° or 42° 45′ 39″ north
Longitude
-73.68706° or 73° 41′ 13″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87J8Q867+95
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mohawk River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر موهوك”
- Asturian: “Ríu Mohawk”
- Basque: “Mohawk ibaia”
- Catalan: “Riu Mohawk”
- Cebuano: “Mohawk River”
- Chinese: “莫霍克河”
- Chuvash: “Мохок”
- Danish: “Mohawk”
- Dutch: “Mohawk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر موهاوك”
- Estonian: “Mohawki jõgi”
- French: “Mohawk”
- French: “Rivière Mohawk”
- German: “Mohawk River”
- Hebrew: “נהר מוהוק”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mohawk”
- Italian: “Mohawk”
- Japanese: “モホーク川”
- Korean: “모호크강”
- Lithuanian: “Mohaukas”
- Malayalam: “മൊഹാവ്ക് നദി”
- Mingrelian: “მოჰოკი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “მოჰოკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mohawk”
- Norwegian: “Mohawk River”
- Polish: “Mohawk”
- Portuguese: “Rio Mohawk”
- Romanian: “Râul Mohawk”
- Russian: “Мохок”
- Serbian: “Мохок”
- Slovenian: “Mohawk”
- South Azerbaijani: “موهوک چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Mohawk”
- Swedish: “Mohawkfloden”
- Turkish: “Mohawk Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Могок”
- Venetian: “Mohawk”
- Vietnamese: “sông Mohawk”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mohawk”
- Welsh: “Afon Mohawk”
- Western Frisian: “Mohawk”
- Western Panjabi: “موہاک دریا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lansingburgh and Frear Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Jan Gowson Island and Haskell School.
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