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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.
From west to east, the sound stretches 110 mi (180 km) from the East River and the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City, along the North Shore of Long Island, to Block Island Sound. A mix of freshwater from tributaries, and saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean , Long Island Sound is 21 mi (34 km) at its widest point and varies in depth from 65 to ...
The Thames River (/ θ eɪ m z / THAYMZ [1]) is a short river and tidal estuary in the state of Connecticut.It flows south for 15 miles (24 km) [2] through eastern Connecticut from the junction of the Yantic River and Shetucket River at Norwich, Connecticut, to New London and Groton, Connecticut, which flank its mouth at Long Island Sound.
The growing season is quite long in New London. Like much of coastal Connecticut and Long Island, NY, it averages close to 200 frost free days. The new 2023 USDA Garden Zone Map has New London in zone 7a. New London falls into the same garden zone as locations like Trenton, New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. By the ...
1.8 Long Island Sound. 1.9 New York Harbor. 2 Alphabetically. ... Thames River (Connecticut) Shetucket River (Connecticut) ... Professor Higbee's Stream Map of New ...
Map of eastern Long Island and southeastern Connecticut showing historical fort locations. The Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound was a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps harbor defense command. [1] It coordinated the coast defenses of Long Island Sound and Connecticut from 1895 to 1950, beginning with the Endicott program.
Currituck Sound in North Carolina and Virginia; Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska; Fishers Island Sound between Fishers Island, New York and Connecticut; Hobe Sound in Florida; Kotzebue Sound in Alaska; Long Island Sound between Long Island, New York and Connecticut; Mississippi Sound in Mississippi and Alabama
The Mystic River Bascule Bridge carrying US 1 over the Mystic River in Connecticut. US 1 in Connecticut largely parallels I-95 and has many interchanges with it. The route passes through each city and town of Connecticut bordering the Long Island Sound (in addition to the town of Orange).