List of rivers of Connecticut
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.
By drainage basin (east to west)[]
Block Island Sound[]
- Pawcatuck River – easternmost CT river basin
- Shunock River
- Ashaway River (Rhode Island)
- Wood River
Long Island Sound[]
- Connecticut River
- Lieutenant River
- Falls River
- Eightmile River
- Salmon River
- Mattabesset River
- Hockanum River
- Park River – also known as Hog River and Little River
- Podunk River
- Farmington River
- Nepaug River
- West Branch Farmington River
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- Scantic River
- Hammonasset River
- Farm River
- Quinnipiac River
- Mill River
- West River
- Cove River
- Oyster River
- Indian River (Milford)
- Wepawaug River
- Housatonic River
- Naugatuck River
- Mad River
- Pomperaug River
- Nonnewaug River
- Shepaug River
- Still River
- Rocky River
- Ten Mile River
- Blackberry River
- Konkapot River
- Naugatuck River
- Pequonnock River
- Ash Creek
- Mill River
- Saugatuck River
- Norwalk River
- Noroton River
- Rippowam River – also known as Mill River in its lower end in Stamford
- Mianus River
- Byram River – Westernmost river basin in Connecticut
New York Harbor[]
- Hudson River (New York)
- Croton River (New York)
References[]
- "USGS Geographic Names Information Service". Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- "Professor Higbee's Stream Maps of New England". Vivid Publishing, Inc. 1995. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
See also[]
- List of rivers in the United States
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