Editing Baldwinsville, New York (section)

== Geography ==
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Baldwinsville is located at {{Coord|43|10|N|76|20|W|type:city}} (43.1599, -76.3346).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The village is located on the [[Seneca River (New York)|Seneca River]], which flows through the village, through the historic downtown area and forms a section of the [[Erie Canal]]. Its 24th lock sports a local restaurant which is popular for guests.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.1|sqmi|km2}}  is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}  (5.23%) is water.

Baldwinsville is located on gently rolling hills, nearby [[Lake Ontario]] and the [[Finger Lakes]]. It lies in a transitional zone between the nearly flat plain immediately adjacent to Lake Ontario, and the hills to the south that form the approaches to the [[Allegheny Mountains]] of southern New York and northern Pennsylvania. This rolling glacial terrain is intersected and divided by forests, meadows, farmland, and bodies of water of all types, which is marked by significant seasonal variations. Local soils are a rich and varied blend, with deposits of gravels, sands, and [[rock flour]], ground up and tilled by the glaciers, and left behind as they receded to the north. As is typical of the Great Lakes plains, these varied soils and gentle slopes create ideal conditions for specialty agriculture, orchards, and vegetable farming. The "[[Lake-effect snow|lake effect]]" moderates the harsh Arctic winters found on the north side of Lake Ontario, but this comes at a price. Snowfall in the region is the highest for any metropolitan area in the United States. High average rainfall and snowfall result in abundant water resources.

Baldwinsville is in a region of rivers, lakes, streams, swamps, marshes, creeks, and ponds. Local forests, while predominantly hardwoods such as [[Sugar Maple]], are also widely variable due to the variations in soil, drainage, and microclimate. Nearly every tree species found in the northeastern United States can be found in the forests near Baldwinsville. Wildlife is abundant, and many varieties of fish are found in the local waters in the Seneca River.  Because the Seneca River flows to Lake Ontario by way of the Oswego River, the introduction of the invasive [[zebra mussel]] by international shipping in the Great Lakes has had significant ecological effects on the river, for example, a dramatic improvement in clarity and a consequent flourishing of aquatic vegetation along the banks.