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  1. The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 miles (653 km) through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island Sound. [4]

  2. Oct 19, 2023 · A river is a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity. A river can be wide and deep, or shallow enough for a person to wade across. A flowing body of water that is smaller than a river is called a stream, creek, or brook.

  3. The Connecticut River. The headwaters of the Connecticut River start in a small pond 300 yards south of the Canadian Border in New Hampshire and runs 406 miles to Long Island Sound. The Connecticut section of the river is 65.5 miles from the Massachusetts border to the headwaters at Old Saybrook Point. “Connecticut” is a French corruption ...

  4. Scantic River State Park. An extensive trail network, bountiful fishing, a lush oasis of flora and fauna, a treasure trove of historical relics from Connecticut’s one-time powerhouse gunpowder industry, and some of the best white-water kayaking in the state come together in this dynamo of a park.

  5. This once crumbling, condemned, ex-mill, is now one of the most picturesque restaurants in Connecticut. Today, with a reputation of excellence for over thirty years, The Mill on the River is the flagship restaurant of the Mill Restaurant Group.

  6. noun. /ˈrɪvə (r)/ /ˈrɪvər/ Idioms. (abbreviation R.) a natural flow of water that continues in a long line across land to the sea. Eventually we came to the mouth of the River Thames. the Hudson River. on the banks of the river (= the ground at the side of a river)

  7. water that flows naturally through a wide channel that is surrounded by land: the Mississippi River. We went swimming in the river. A river is also any large flow of a liquid: Rivers of sweat ran down his back. (Definition of river from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  8. 1 day ago · A flooded pathway in a St. Paul park is closed due to high water. The Mississippi River nearly lapped at the edges of the Minnesota Boat Club on Raspberry Island in St. Paul Tuesday afternoon, as ...

  9. 19 hours ago · The house perched precariously on the edge of the Blue Earth River on Monday. It fell in Tuesday night. Torrential rain caused the Rapidan Dam outside of Mankato to fail, sending the flow of the ...

  10. 6 days ago · Venturing deep into the complex waterways of the Amazon, Colombian marine biologist Fernando Trujillo first set out to study the mysterious pink river dolphin in 1987, at the directive of the late ...

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