The Mohawk River

The Mohawk River is a 140-mile (230 km) long river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in the Capital Region, a few miles north of the city of Albany, New York. The river is named for the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. It is a major waterway in north-central New York.