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The Connecticut River watershed encompasses 11,260 square miles (29,200 km 2), connecting 148 tributaries, including 38 major rivers and numerous lakes and ponds. [7] Major tributaries include (from north to south) the Passumpsic, Ammonoosuc, White, Black, West, Ashuelot, Millers, Deerfield, Chicopee, Westfield, and Farmington rivers.
Most of Connecticut's rivers flow into Long Island Sound and from there the waters mix into the Atlantic Ocean. A few extremely eastern rivers flow into Block Island Sound . The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented from downstream to upstream under each larger stream's name.
Although the Chicopee River itself is only 18 miles (29 km) long, its drainage area is the largest in Massachusetts at 721 square miles (1,870 km 2), and the largest tributary area to the Connecticut River. [3] The Chicopee River Watershed includes all or part of 32 cities and towns. [3] Upstream of the Chicopee River on the Swift River, the ...
Rivers and streams which drain the Connecticut River watershed. Pages in category "Tributaries of the Connecticut River" The following 96 pages are in this category ...
The longest route of the river, from the origin of its West Branch, is 80.4 miles (129.4 km) long, making it the Connecticut River's longest tributary by 2.3 miles (3.7 km) over the Westfield River directly to its north. [1] The Farmington River's watershed covers 609 square miles (1,580 km 2). Historically, the river played an important role ...
The South Branch Park River watershed covers 39.6 square miles, [16] and the river is formed by the confluence of Trout Brook and Piper Brook, near New Britain Avenue in the Elmwood section of West Hartford. The South Branch is exposed from there to Pope Park, where it joins the North Branch and flows from there to the Connecticut River in a ...
Lake Francis is a reservoir on the Connecticut River in northern New Hampshire, United States. The lake is located in Coos County, east of the village of Pittsburg and along the boundary between the towns of Pittsburg and Clarksville. The lake is impounded by Murphy Dam, built in 1940 as a flood control project. [1]
Map showing the West River watershed. West River Memorial Park. The West River is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km) [1] freshwater stream in southern Connecticut.It flows through the towns of Bethany, Woodbridge, New Haven, and West Haven before discharging into New Haven Harbor.