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Hannacrois Creek is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed October 3, 2011〕 tributary to the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York. From its source in Westerlo it flows through Dunbar Hollows and over Dickinson Falls to the Alcove Reservoir. It then passes through Coeymans Hollow and just into Greene County to its mouth at the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York. Hannacrois Creek has a drainage area of over .〔(New York State Coastal Fish & Wildlife Habitat Rating )〕 Variant names of the creek include Hannacroix Creek, Haanadrois Creek, and Hannekraai, among others. The name translates to the Dutch "Rooster crowing". There is a story that the early Dutch settlers here saw a rooster come floating down the creek on a block of ice, so the creek became known as the ''Hannekraai'', meaning "cock-crowing" creek. The settlement of Hannecroix also took its name from the creek.〔(From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames, by Ren Vasiliev )〕 ==Tributaries== * Silver Creek * Gulf Creek * Cole Hollow (stream) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hannacrois Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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