Quinnipiac River

Quinnipiac River
Dragon River, East River, New Haven River[1]
The Quinnipiac River, as seen looking west (upstream) from "Red Bridge" in Meriden, Connecticut
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
RegionNew Haven, Hartford
DistrictNorth Haven, Wallingford, Cheshire, Southington, Plainville
CitiesNew Haven, Meriden
Physical characteristics
SourceDeadwood Swamp
 • locationFarmington, Connecticut, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
 • coordinates41°41′42″N 072°48′55″W / 41.69500°N 72.81528°W / 41.69500; -72.81528[2]
 • elevation335 ft (102 m)
MouthNew Haven Harbor, New Haven, Connecticut
 • location
Long Island Sound, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
 • coordinates
41°17′58″N 072°54′14″W / 41.29944°N 72.90389°W / 41.29944; -72.90389[2]
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Length45.5 mi (73.2 km)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average414 cu ft/s (11.7 m3/s) (estimate)[3]

The Quinnipiac River (/ˈkwɪnəˌpi.æk/ KWIH-nə-pee-ak) is a 45.5-mile (73.2 km)[4] long river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Connecticut.

The river rises in West Central Connecticut from Dead Wood Swamp near the city of New Britain. It flows roughly southward to Plainville, Southington, and Cheshire, west of the city of Meriden, through Wallingford and Yalesville, North Haven, and flows into New Haven Harbor, an inlet of Long Island Sound, east of downtown New Haven.

  1. ^ Hughes, Arthur; Morse S. Allen (1976). Connecticut Place Names. Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society. p. 364.
  2. ^ a b "Quinnipiac River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Quinnipiac River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011

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