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  2. Geography of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    In Eastern Massachusetts, Boston is located at the innermost point of Massachusetts Bay, at the mouth of the Charles River.The Charles River is longest river located entirely within Massachusetts, (although the Westfield River can be considered longer if one combines its upper and lower branches); however, the Connecticut River is the Commonwealth's—and New England's—longest, and most ...

  3. Geology of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The geology of Massachusetts includes numerous units of volcanic, intrusive igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks formed within the last 1.2 billion years. The oldest formations are gneiss rocks in the Berkshires , which were metamorphosed from older rocks during the Proterozoic Grenville orogeny as the proto-North American continent ...

  4. List of mountains in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    As such, no mountains in Massachusetts are recognized by the Appalachian Mountain Club in its list of Four-thousand footers — a list of New England peaks over 4,000 feet with a minimum 200 feet of topographic prominence. Thousands of named summits in Massachusetts (including mountains and hills) are recognized by the USGS. [1]

  5. Geology of New England - Wikipedia

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    New England is a region in the North Eastern United States consisting of the states Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.Most of New England consists geologically of volcanic island arcs that accreted onto the eastern edge of the Laurentian Craton in prehistoric times.

  6. Berkshires - Wikipedia

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    The Berkshires (locally / ˈ b ɜːr k ʃ ɪər z,-ʃ ər z /) are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in the United States. Generally, "Berkshires" may refer to the range of hills in Massachusetts that lie between the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers. [1]

  7. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau-estimated population of 7,136,171, [5] its highest estimated count ever, Massachusetts is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state, after New Jersey and Rhode Island.

  8. Outline of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Massachusetts. Massachusetts is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location: Northern hemisphere; Western hemisphere. Americas. North America

  9. Category:Geography of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Massachusetts by populated place (8 C) + Geography of Greater Boston (4 C, 1 P) A. American Indian reservations in Massachusetts (3 P) B.