River Bottom Mapping
Videos
The
Hudson Highlands are the section of the Appalachian Mountains in New
York State where glacial ice cut the present course of the Hudson River
through the Appalachian Mountains during the last ice age when sealevel
was about
100 meters lower than at present. This video shows how this glacial
valley would appear if the sea were once again at ice age levels.
Highlands
Flyover
Fly over the Hudson Highlands from Annsville Creek just north of Indian
Point north past Constitution Island and West Point to the
mouth
of Newburgh Bay.
Mid-Hudson
Flythrough
Fly
north through the Hudson River Estuary from Rondout Creek at Kingston
to Catskill Creek at Saugerties.
River
Morph - Hillhouse Island
Over the last hundred years the Hudson River near Albany has
changed
due to dredge and fill activities related to providing a navigation
channel to
Albany.
River Morph - Schodack Island
Over the last hundred years the Hudson River near New Baltimore has
changed
due to dredge and fill activities related to providing a navigation
channel to
Albany.
River
Morph - Middleground Flats
Over the last hundred years the Hudson River near City of Hudson has
changed
due to dredge and fill activities related to providing a navigation
channel to
Albany. The video shows the changes that have occured since
1907 in the reach from river mile 117 to river mile 121
