Chicopee River Massachusetts

The Chicopee River is an 18.0-mile-long tributary of the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts, known for fast-moving water and its extraordinarily large basin: the Connecticut River's largest tributary basin. The Chicopee River originates in a Palmer, Massachusetts village called Three Rivers as a confluence of the Ware, Quaboag and Swift rivers…
The Chicopee River is an 18.0-mile-long tributary of the Connecticut River in the Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts, known for fast-moving water and its extraordinarily large basin: the Connecticut River's largest tributary basin. The Chicopee River originates in a Palmer, Massachusetts village called Three Rivers as a confluence of the Ware, Quaboag and Swift rivers. It passes through Wilbraham, Ludlow, and the Indian Orchard neighborhood of Springfield.
  • Etymology: "violent/raging/turbulent waters" in an Algonquian language
  • Country: US
  • Length: 18.0 mi (29.0 km)
  • Basin size: 721 sq mi (1,870 km²)

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