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Mianus River

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Coordinates:41°02′20″N73°35′24″W / 41.039°N 73.590°W /41.039; -73.590

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River in New York and Connecticut in the United States of America

41°02′20″N73°35′24″W / 41.039°N 73.590°W /41.039; -73.590

Mianus River
Low dam upriver on Mianus River in Mianus River Park near Old Mill Lane in Stamford, Connecticut.
Location of the mouth in Connecticut
Location
Country	United States
States	New York and Connecticut
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Town of North Castle, New York

Mouth
• location	Long Island Sound, Connecticut
• elevation	Sea level
Length	20.3 miles (32.7 km)

TheMianus River is a 20.3-mile-long (32.7 km) river inWestchester County, New York, andFairfield County, Connecticut, in the United States. It begins in the town ofNorth Castle, New York (east ofArmonk) in a series of ponds at about 600 feet (180 m) altitude. Flowing northeast into the town ofBedford, it abruptly turns south and passes through theMianus River Gorge, a nature preserve, before enteringStamford, Connecticut, where it is dammed into the Mianus Reservoir, officially known as the Samuel J. Bargh Reservoir (256-foot (78 m) altitude) of the Greenwich Water Company. From there, it flows south through Stamford andGreenwich intoLong Island Sound, at sea level.

The river flows under theMianus River Bridge, which is part ofInterstate 95,U.S. Route 1, and theMianus River Railroad Bridge which carries theNew Haven Line ofMetro-North Railroad. The Mianus flows through parks including theMianus River State Park (straddling the Stamford/Greenwich border) and Mianus Glen, just to the north in Stamford, as well as Newman Mills Park inNorth Stamford.

The Mianus Fault runs near the river, pushing rock on the east side down, relative to the west side.^[1]

Mianus is a corruption of Mayanno, an Indian chieftain.^[2] Mianus has frequently been noted on lists ofunusual place names.^[3]

Mianus river in theMianus River Gorge Preserve inBedford, New York.

References

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^Skehan, James W.,Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island, p 227, Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2008,ISBN 978-0-8784-2547-1
^The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly. Connecticut Magazine Company. 1903. p. 333.Archived from the original on 2023-09-20. Retrieved2018-03-17.
^Parker, Quentin (2010).Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi.ISBN 9781440507397.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Rivers of Connecticut bydrainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

v t e Coastal waterbodies ofConnecticut
Bays	Little Narragansett Bay
Coves	Smith Cove Wequetequock Cove Wethersfield Cove Ziegler's Cove
Harbors	Black Rock Harbor Bridgeport Harbor Kidd Harbor New Haven Harbor Norwalk Harbor
River mouths	Black Hall River Byram River Connecticut River Farm River Hammonasset River Housatonic River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River Saugatuck River Thames River
Sounds	Long Island Sound