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The Moosup River is a
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in the
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states of
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and
Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
. It flows approximately .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 The river is named after the Native American
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Maussup.


Course

The river rises from Clark Pond in
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. From there, it flows south through Foster and
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, then turns west and heads into Connecticut, flowing through Sterling and Plainfield to its mouth at the
Quinebaug River The Quinebaug River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut, with watershed extending into western Rhode Island. The name "Quinebaug" comes from the southern New England Native American term, spelled variously , , etc ...
.


Dam Removal

The
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organization has targeted the Moosup River for dam removal to help fish to swim upstream to spawn. In late June 2014 Moosup Dam #1 in Connecticut was removed American Rivers Blog "11 Dam Removal Projects to Watch This Summer." , accessed November 26, 2015 and on September 29, 2015, the Griswold Rubber dam in Connecticut was removed.American Rivers Facebook post on September 29, 2015 with three photos.

accessed November 26, 2015


Crossings

Below is a list all crossings over the Moosup River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.


Tributaries

In addition to many unnamed tributaries, the following brooks feed the Moosup: *West Meadow Brook *Bucks Horn Brook *Roaring Brook *Vaughn Brook *Quanduck Brook *Angell Brook


See also

*
List of rivers in Rhode Island This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Rivers in bold are considered major rivers either geographically or historically. By stream network All rivers eventually empty into the Atlantic Ocean. Rivers are listed in order from we ...
*
List of rivers in Connecticut 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 t ...
* Moosup River Site (RI-1153)


References

*Maps from the
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