The Housatonic River ( /ˌhuːsəˈtɒnɪk/ HOOS-ə-TON-ik) is a river, approximately 139 miles (224 km) long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles (5,100 km2) of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound. Its watershed is just to the west of the watershed of the lower Connecticut River.
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