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Hoosic River

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Coordinates:42°55′40″N73°39′29″W / 42.92778°N 73.65806°W /42.92778; -73.65806

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River in New York, United States

Hoosic River Hoos-ick
Hoosic River inNorth Adams, Massachusetts

Location
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts,Vermont,New York
Region	Hudson Valley
Physical characteristics

Source	Cheshire Reservoir
• location	Cheshire, Massachusetts
• coordinates	42°33′14″N73°9′56″W / 42.55389°N 73.16556°W /42.55389; -73.16556^[3]
• elevation	970 ft (300 m)^[3]

Mouth	Hudson River
• location	Schaghticoke,New York
• coordinates	42°55′40″N73°39′29″W / 42.92778°N 73.65806°W /42.92778; -73.65806
• elevation	65 ft (20 m)^[3]
Length	76 mi (122 km)^[1]
Basin size	720 sq mi (1,900 km²)^[1]

Discharge
• location	Eagle Bridge, New York^[2]
• minimum	160 cu ft/s (4.5 m³/s)^[2]
• maximum	3,300 cu ft/s (93 m³/s)^[2]

Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Green River, Little Hoosic River
• right	North Branch Hoosic River,Walloomsac River

TheHoosic River, also known as theHoosac, theHoosick (primarily in New York) and theHoosuck (mostly archaic), is a 76.3-mile-long (122.8 km)^[4] tributary of theHudson River in the northeasternUnited States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's originalAlgonquian name. It can be translated either as "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or as "the stony place" (perhaps because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or perhaps because local soils are so stony).^[5]

Watershed

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The Hoosic Riverwatershed is formed from tributaries originating in theBerkshire Hills ofMassachusetts, theGreen Mountains ofVermont, and theTaconic Mountains. The main (South) Branch of the river begins on the west slope of North Mountain and almost immediately fills the man-made Cheshire Reservoir inBerkshire County, Massachusetts. From there, the river flows north, west, and northwest, through the towns ofCheshire andAdams, the city ofNorth Adams, and the town ofWilliamstown. It then travels throughPownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, after which it entersRensselaer County,New York. There, it flows through the towns ofPetersburgh andHoosick, where it passes over ahydroelectric power dam in the village ofHoosick Falls. (There are also dams inJohnsonville,Valley Falls, andSchaghticoke.) The river provides the northwest border of the town ofPittstown, then flows through the town ofSchaghticoke with its villages of Valley Falls and Schaghticoke before it terminates at its confluence with the Hudson 14 miles (23 km) above the city ofTroy.

Tributaries

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North Branch Hoosic River
Green River
Little Hoosick River
Walloomsac River - Native American name, also Wal-loom-sac^[5]
Owl Kill
Wampecack Creek - Native American name, also Po-quam-pa-cak
Tomhannock - Native American name, also Tom-he-nack^[5]
- Sunkouissa Creek - Native American name, also Sank-an-is-sick^[5]

References

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^^a ^b"The River".hoorwa.org/. Hoosic River Watershed Association. Retrieved19 November 2014.
^^a ^b ^c"USGS 01334500 HOOSIC RIVER NEAR EAGLE BRIDGE NY".waterdata.usgs.gov/. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved19 November 2014.
^^a ^b ^chttp://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm (Map).Google Maps Find Altitude.Clarksburg: Daft Logic. 23 November 2013. Retrieved19 November 2014.{{cite map}}:|map-url= missing title (help)
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at theWayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
^^a ^b ^c ^dWilliam Martin Beauchamp (1907).Aboriginal Place Names Of New York (1907). New York State Education Department. pp. 181–185.

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Rivers of Massachusetts bydrainage system

Atlantic Ocean

Buzzards Bay	Acushnet River Agawam River Back River Copicut River Crooked River Mattapoisett River Nasketucket River Paskamanset River Pocasset River Sippican River Slocums River Wankinco River Westport River Weweantic River
Nantucket Sound	Bass River Bumps River Childs River Coonamesset River Mashpee River Mitchell River Oyster Pond River Popponesset Creek Quashnet River Santuit River
Others	Tiasquam River

Gulf of Maine

Cape Cod Bay	Bluefish River Eel River Herring River Jones River Little Pamet River Pamet River Town Brook
Massachusetts Bay	Aberjona River Alewife Brook Canton River Charles River Chelsea Creek Cochato River Fore River Fresh River Indian Head River Malden River Millers River Monatiquot River Muddy River Mystic River Neponset River North River Saugus River Stony Brook (Boston) Stony Brook (Waltham) Stop River Weir River Weymouth Back River
Merrimack River Watershed	Artichoke River Assabet River Back River Beaver Brook Cochichewick River Concord River Little River Merrimack River Nashua River Nissitissit River North Nashua River Phillips Brook Powwow River Quinapoxet River Salmon Brook Shawsheen River Souhegan River South Branch Souhegan River South Nashua River Spicket River Squannacook River Stillwater River Sudbury River Trout Brook Vine Brook Whitman River
Others	Annisquam River Blackwater River Eagle Hill River Egypt River Ipswich River Jericho Creek Roger Island River Rowley River Skug River

Long Island Sound

Connecticut River Watershed	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
Housatonic River Watershed	Housatonic River Konkapot River Schenob Brook Umpachene River
Thames River Watershed	French River Quinebaug River

Narragansett Bay

Mount Hope Bay (Taunton River Watershed)	Assonet River Canoe River Cedar Swamp River Cocasset River Cotley River Forge River Hockomock River Matfield River Mill River Nemasket River Poor Meadow Brook Quequechan River Rumford River Salisbury Plain River Satucket River Segreganset River Shumatuscacant River Snake River Taunton River Three Mile River Town River Wading River Winnetuxet River
Providence River Watershed	Abbott Run Blackstone River Bungay River Chockalog River Mill River Mumford River Peters River Quinsigamond River Sevenmile River Tannery River Ten Mile River West River Wilde River
Others	Barrington River Cole River Coles Brook Kickemuit River Lees River Palmer River Runnins River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Hoosic River Kinderhook Creek

v t e Rivers of Vermont bydrainage system
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Hudson River Watershed	Batten Kill Hoosic River Walloomsac River
Saint Lawrence River Watershed	Barton River Black River Brownington Branch Browns River Coaticook River Cold River Clyde River Jail Branch River Johns River Lamoille River Lemon Fair River Mad River Mettawee River Mill River Missisquoi River Otter Creek Pherrins River Poultney River Rock River Stevens Branch Tomifobia River Willoughby River Winooski River