Geography of New York (state) Geography of New York (state) The geography of New York state varies widely. Most of New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is larger than any U.S. National Park in the contiguous United States. Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, is a popular attraction. The Hudson River begins near Lake Tear of the Clouds and flows south through the eastern part of the state without draining lakes George or Champlain. Lake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end
Chemung, New York National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chemung has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.12%, is water. The Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, flows through the south part of the town. The south border of the town is Pennsylvania (Bradford County), and the east border is Tioga County, New York. The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) and New York State Route 427 are east-west highways in Chemung. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,665 people, 969 households,