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Hebron is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/99mfips.txt )〕 The town population was 1,773 at the 2000 census.〔 The town is named after the same-named community in Connecticut. ==Geography== Hebron's beautiful hills and valleys are part of the slate valley of the Upper Taconic Mountains (''Taghkanic,'' meaning 'in the trees'), and part of the Great Appalachian Valley (also known simply as the 'Great Valley'). Thus, many of the main hills, valleys, creeks and roads run diagonally across Hebron in keeping with the general outlay of the Appalachians. Hebron is notably at once a nexus between valley regions within the 'Great Valley', and also between mountain regions. The nexus of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys (described in greater detail below in the paragraph on watersheds) is located here. The taller peaks of the Taconics are on the Vermont side of the border, and begin to dwindle comparatively into foothills in Hebron. Hebron can be described as the foothills between the Adirondack Mountains of New York, and the Taconic and Green Mountains of Vermont. Hebron thus is at once at a high point dividing valleys, and a lowlands dividing mountain areas. In an era of much water pollution, it is a good thing to be at the top end of watersheds. Hebron's battles with water quality are internal rather than related to problems upstream. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (0.32%) is water. The east town line of Hebron is the Vermont Border, and the beginning of New England proper. The town of Salem is adjacent to the south. The towns of Argyle, Hartford and Granville (famous for its colored slate) make up the remaining border on western and northern edges. NY Route 22 is a north-south highway through the eastern part of the town, running roughly parallel to the Vermont border. Route 30 connects Salem to Hartford through the western part of Hebron. Route 31, the longest road through Hebron, cuts across diagonally from Route 30 connecting West Hebron to West Pawlet, Vermont. Hebron is at the threshold between two major watersheds whose waters travel great distances in opposite directions, only to rejoin ultimately in the Atlantic Ocean. The formal valleys and watersheds to which Hebron belongs are the following: Champlain Valley / Lake George Watershed—02010001 (); Hudson River Valley / Hudson-Hoosic Watershed—02020003 (). Waters in the northernmost part of Hebron drain via the Mettawee River north into Lake Champlain, where they mix with waters from Lake George (''Horican'') and then flow into the Saint Lawrence River (''Kaniatarowanenneh''). These Hebron waters mingle in the Saint Lawrence with waters of all the Great Lakes as they flow northeast into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and ultimately join the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, the majority of Hebron waters drain south via Black Creek into the Batten Kill (''Dionondehowa'') and then the Hudson River (''Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk'' or Muhheakantuck), and flow south into the Atlantic Ocean just below New York City. The two branches of Black Creek join in West Hebron just west of the village's main street, and after the waterfall in the West Branch of Black Creek (which is just before Patterson Road). See map (). See the approximation of the watershed divide mapped in context of mountains () and valleys (). See Washington County for a set of contextual maps. 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「Hebron, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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