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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.
Sac River 107 miles (172 km) St. Francis River 470 miles (760 km) Saling Branch; Salt River; Shoal Creek; Sink Creek; Skinner Creek; South Grand River; South River; Spring River (Arkansas), of Missouri and Arkansas 57 miles (92 km) Spring River (Missouri), of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; Squaw Creek; Sweet Oak Branch; Taff Branch; Tarkio ...
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]
This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
Connecticut River watershed. Thames River (Connecticut) Shetucket River (Connecticut) ... Professor Higbee's Stream Map of New England. (1995). Vivid Publishing, Inc..
windsorlockshistory.com - an on-line listing of books, articles, maps and videos on the history of Windsor Locks, including many on the canal. Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; The Rise and Fall of the Canal and the Factories Along it, by Dr. Melvin D. Montemerlo, July 25, 2016
A photo showing an older flashboard system of the Holyoke Dam and the Canal System's original gatehouse. The river between Holyoke and South Hadley contained what was known as the "Great Falls" a natural 53-foot (16 m) drop in the river approximately 86 miles upstream of the Atlantic Ocean.