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The Chemung River (/ʃəˈmʌŋ/ shə-MUNG) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, about 46.4 miles (74.7 km) long,[4] in south central New York and northern Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a mountainous region of the northern Allegheny Plateau in the Southern Tier of New York.
Chemung River | |
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![]() The Chemung River at Elmira, New York | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New York, Pennsylvania |
Counties | Steuben, NY, Chemung, NY, Bradford, PA |
Cities | Corning, Elmira |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Tioga River |
- location | Armenia Township |
- coordinates | 41°45′40″N 76°51′39″W |
2nd source | Cohocton River |
- location | Tabor Corners |
- coordinates | 42°39′26″N 77°31′56″W |
Source confluence | |
- location | Painted Post |
- coordinates | 42°9′7″N 77°5′25″W[1] |
- elevation | 935 ft (285 m) |
Mouth | Susquehanna River |
- location | Sayre, PA |
- coordinates | 41°55′19″N 76°30′56″W[1] |
- elevation | 722 ft (220 m)[2] |
Length | 46 mi (74 km) |
Basin size | 2,506 sq mi (6,490 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
- location | Chemung, NY[3] |
- average | 2,623 cu ft/s (74.3 m3/s)[3] |
- minimum | 113 cu ft/s (3.2 m3/s) |
- maximum | 65,400 cu ft/s (1,850 m3/s) |
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