Largest Connecticut River Tributary Basin
Although the Chicopee River itself is only 18 miles long, its basin (drainage area) is 721-mile-long (1,160 km) -- the largest in all of Massachusetts, and the largest tributary area (basin) to the Connecticut River. A basin tributary to the Connecticut River represents a geographical area with a stream or other body of water, surface or underground, that contributes water to the Connecticut River. With so many streams and rivers that deliver water to the Connecticut River, the scale of the Chicopee River's Basin is extraordinarily voluminous.
Indeed, the Chicopee River Watershed includes all or part of 32 cities and towns.
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