page_title: Buffalo River (New York)
section_title: Tributaries
hierarchical_section_title: Buffalo River (New York) / Tributaries
caption_attribution_description: English: Seneca creek/Buffalo creek along the Charles E. Burchfield Nature &amp; Art Center 2001 Union Road, West Seneca, New York 14224
context_page_description: The Buffalo River drains a 447-square-mile watershed in Western New York state, emptying into the eastern end of Lake Erie at the City of Buffalo. The river has three tributaries: Cayuga Creek, Buffalo Creek, and Cazenovia Creek.
  The Buffalo River has been important to the development of western New York, including as the terminus for the Erie Canal beginning in 1825, and later as an industrial area with uses including grain elevators, steel mills and chemical production. When shipping began to bypass the Erie Canal in the 1950s, and later with the decline of heavy industry in the region, the transportation and industrial use of the river greatly declined and many adjacent factories and grain mills were abandoned. The river and adjacent sites have been the focus of efforts over several decades to improve water quality and restore habitat, most recently in 2011 with the commencement of the Buffalo River Restoration Project.
context_section_description: Buffalo Creek is a meandering stream before it becomes the Buffalo River. It originates in the south part of Erie County and the western part of Wyoming County. The Erie County sources are in the Town of Holland before flowing northward through the other towns in the county. In Wyoming County, the sources are in the Towns of Arcade, Java, and Sheldon, before flowing into Erie County.  The creek flows through Elma and West Seneca, before its confluence with Cayuga Creek in West Seneca.
  Cayuga Creek is the northernmost tributary in the watershed.  This 40-mile-long (64 km) creek begins in primarily farmland/wooded areas and passes through several residential communities, including Cheektowaga, Lancaster, and Depew, before its confluence with Buffalo Creek.
  The East Branch of Cazenovia Creek begins in Sardinia and the West Branch begins in Concord.  The land adjacent to these two branches is primarily agricultural and wooded areas, with the exception of several small residential communities. The two branches meet near East Aurora, after which Cazenovia Creek flows through the towns of Aurora, Elma, and West Seneca, and the city of Buffalo until its confluence with the Buffalo River.
caption: Seneca Creek/Buffalo Creek as it flows through West Seneca.
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