Little River (Shetucket River tributary)
Little River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Connecticut |
Towns | Hampton, Scotland, Canterbury, Sprague, Norwich |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Hampton Reservoir, Hampton |
• coordinates | 41°29′33″N 72°01′58″W / 41.4925°N 72.0328°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Shetucket River, Occum, Norwich |
• coordinates | 41°21′15″N 72°01′30″W / 41.3542°N 72.0250°W |
Length | 21.7 miles (34.9 km) |
Basin size | 30 square miles (78 km2) |
Width | |
• minimum | 12 feet (3.7 m) |
• average | 64 feet (20 m) |
• maximum | 240 feet (73 m) |
Discharge | |
• location | Hanover, CT[1] |
• average | 68.1 cubic feet (1.93 m3) |
• minimum | 24.2 cubic feet (0.69 m3), 2002 Annual Discharge |
• maximum | 86.2 cubic feet (2.44 m3), 1984 Annual Discharge |
Basin features | |
Population | 8,000 |
Tributaries | |
• left | Cedar Swamp Brook |
• right | Downing Brook, Peck Brook |
Waterbodies | Hanover Reservoir, Papermill Pond, Versailles Pond |
Bridges | Route 97, US 6, Route 14, Route 138 |
The Little River is a river that runs through the towns of Hampton, Canterbury, Scotland, and Sprague, Connecticut. It begins at Hampton Reservoir in northern Hampton, CT and snakes its way down into the Shetucket River at the town borders of Norwich, Sprague, and Lisbon, CT[2][3][4]
Crossings
[edit]Whole River is in Connecticut
References
[edit]- ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Connecticut: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics". nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "LITTLE RIVER" (PDF). ct.gov. TOPOI. 1998. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ Merly, Ron (2011-12-01). Flyfisher's Guide to Connecticut. Wilderness Adventures Press. ISBN 9781932098891.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Little River". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-01.