French River (Massachusetts)
- French River (Massachusetts)
The French River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut.
The river rises near Leicester, Massachusetts, and flows generally southwards through Auburn, Oxford, and Dudley; it then enters Connecticut where it joins the Quinebaug River at Thompson, just northeast of Putnam. The Quinebaug in turn flows into the Shetucket River and ultimately the Thames River to empty into the Long Island Sound.
The river's total length is about convert|21|mi|km, of which convert|14|mi|km are in Massachusetts. It drains a watershed area of about convert|95|sqmi|km2, containing 67 lakes and ponds, 38 of which cover at least 10 acres (40,000 sq m). Only one lake in its basin is larger than convert|500|acre|km2, namely Lake Chaubunagungamaug (Webster Lake) in Webster, Massachusetts at convert|1195|acre|km2.
References
* [http://ri.water.usgs.gov/basins/french.htm USGS French River Basin]
* [http://www.mass.gov/envir/water/frenchQuinebaug/frenchQuinebaug.htm Massachusetts Executive Department of Environmental Affairs]
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