List of rivers of Connecticut facts for kids
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.
Contents
By drainage basin (East to West)
Fishers/Block Island Sound
- Pawcatuck River-easternmost CT river basin
- Shunock River
- Ashaway River (Rhode Island)
- Wood River
Long Island Sound
- Mystic River
- Whitford Brook
- Poquonock River
- Thames River
- Oxoboxo River
- Shetucket River
- Quinebaug River
- Pachaug River
- Blackwell Brook
- Moosup River
- Fivemile River
- Little River (Quinebaug River)
- French River
- Little River (Shetucket River)
- Merrick Brook
- Natchaug River
- Mount Hope River
- Bigelow Brook
- Still River (Natchaug River)
- Willimantic River
- Tenmile River
- Hop River
- Skungamaug River
- Quinebaug River
- Yantic River
- Niantic River
- Pattagansett River
- Fourmile River
- Threemile River
- Black Hall River
- Connecticut River
- Back River
- Lieutenant River
- Falls River
- Eightmile River
- Deep River
- Salmon River
- Moodus River
- Blackledge River
- Jeremy River
- Sumner Brook
- Pameacha Creek
- Mattabesset River
- Hockanum River
- Tankerhoosen River
- Park River (also known as Hog River and Little River)
- North Branch Park River
- South Branch Park River
- Podunk River
- Farmington River
- Pequabu River
- Nepaug River
- Poland River
- East Branch Farmington River
- West Branch Farmington River
- Still River
- Mad River
- Still River
- Scantic River
- Watchaug River
- Patchogue River
- Menunketesuck River
- Indian River (Clinton)
- Hammonasset River
- Neck River
- East River
- West River (Guilford)
- Branford River
- Farm River
- Quinnipiac River
- Muddy River
- Tenmile River
- Eightmile River
- Mill River
- West River
- Sargent River
- Cove River
- Oyster River
- Indian River (Milford)
- Wepawaug River
- Housatonic River
- Farmill River
- Naugatuck River
- Halfway River
- Pomperaug River
- Nonnewaug River
- Weekeepeemee River
- Pootatuck River
- Shepaug River
- Still River
- West Aspetuck River
- Rocky River
- Ten Mile River
- Hollenbeck River
- Blackberry River
- Konkapot River
- Pequonnock River
- Ash Creek
- Mill River
- Saugatuck River
- West Branch Saugatuck River
- Aspetuck River
- Little River
- Norwalk River
- Silvermine River
- Fivemile River
- Noroton River
- Rippowam River (also known as "Mill River" in its lower end in Stamford)
- Mianus River
- Byram River- Westernmost CT river basin
New York Harbor
- Hudson River (New York)
- Croton River (New York)
Images for kids
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Block Island Sound is shown highlighted in pink, between the coast of the Rhode Island and Block Island.
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Long Island Sound is shown highlighted in pink between Connecticut and Long Island.
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Map of the Croton River drainage basin
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