Water resource inventory of Connecticut Part 7: Upper Connecticut River basin

Ryder, Robert B.; Thomas, Mendall P.; Weiss, Lawrence A.

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The 508 square miles of the upper Connecticut River basin in north-central Connecticut include the basins of four major tributaries: the Scantic, Park, and Hockanum Rivers, and the Farmington River downstream from Tariffville. Precipitation over this area averaged 44 inches per year during 1931-60. In this period, an additional 3,800 billion gallons of water per year entered the basin in the main stem of the Connecticut River at the Massachusetts state line, about 230 billion gallons per year in the Farmington River at Tariffville, and about 10 billion gallons per year in the Seantic River at the Massachusetts state line. Some water was also imported from outside the basin by water-supply systems. About half the precipitation, 22.2 inches, was lost from the basin by evapotranspiration; the remainder flowed out of the study area in the Connecticut River at Portland.

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State/Local Government Series

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70038303

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Ryder, Robert B.; Thomas, Mendall P.; Weiss, Lawrence A.

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English

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Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin

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0420330

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0413200

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vii, 76 p.; Plate A: 37.33 x 50.45; Plate B: 39.20 x 50.43; Plate C: 42.24 x 26.26; Plate D: 19.68 x 20.58

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Prepared in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

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U.S. Geological Survey

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Water resource inventory of Connecticut Part 7: Upper Connecticut River basin; 1981; State/Local Government Series; 24; State/Local Government Series; Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin; Ryder, Robert B.; Thomas, Mendall P.; Weiss, Lawrence A.