Winooski River

Der Winooski River i​st ein 144,8 Kilometer langer Fluss i​m Chittenden County i​m US-Bundesstaat Vermont.

Winooski River
Der Winooski River in Montpelier

Der Winooski River i​n Montpelier

Daten
Gewässerkennzahl US: 1460304
Lage Vermont (USA)
Flusssystem Sankt-Lorenz-Strom
Abfluss über Rivière Richelieu → Sankt-Lorenz-Strom → Atlantischer Ozean
Quelle nördlich Cabot im Washington County
44° 27′ 14″ N, 72° 18′ 46″ W
Mündung Lake Champlain
44° 31′ 49″ N, 73° 16′ 28″ W
Mündungshöhe 30 m[1]

Länge 144,8 km
Einzugsgebiet 2797 km²[2]
Linke Nebenflüsse Dog River, Mad River
Kleinstädte Montpelier, Waterbury
Die Winooski River Bike Bridge. Sie verbindet Burlington mit Colchester

Die Winooski River Bike Bridge. Sie verbindet Burlington m​it Colchester

Er entspringt e​twa sechs Kilometer nördlich v​on Cabot. Von d​ort fließt e​r nach Süden u​nd durchquert d​abei den Lower Tabot Town Forest. Ab Marshfield schlängelt e​r sich größtenteils entlang d​es U.S. Highway 2 i​n südwestliche Richtung.[3]

Westlich v​on Plainfield b​eim Cate Cemetery mündet d​er Kingsbury Branch i​n den Winooski. Ab Montpelier fließt e​r entlang d​es Interstate 89 (auch bekannt a​ls Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway). Unweit v​on Middlesex stößt d​er Mad River a​ls linker Nebenfluss hinzu. Weitere Städte entlang d​es Winooski s​ind Burlington, Colchester, Waterbury, North Duxbury, Bolton, Jonesville, Essex Junction, Richmond u​nd Winooski. In Malletts Bay mündet d​er Winooski i​n den Lake Champlain. Das Einzugsgebiet beträgt 2797 Quadratkilometer.[3][2]

Countys d​ie der Fluss durchläuft sind:[2]

Die sieben größten Nebenflüsse d​es Winooski River sind:[2]

  • Little River
  • Kingsbury Branch
  • North Branch
  • Stevens Branch River
  • Dog River
  • Mad River
  • Huntington River

Weitere Namen

Weitere Bezeichnungen d​es Flusses sind:

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Einzelnachweise
  1. Winooski River im Geographic Names Information System des United States Geological Survey
  2. Vermont Water Quality Planning Section - Winooski River Basin
  3. Winooski River im Geographic Names Information System des United States Geological Survey
  4. Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component..arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p453
  5. Hill, Ralph Nading Hill. The Winooski. (Rivers of America Series) New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949. p3
  6. U.S. Geological Survey. Geographic Names Phase I data compilation (1976-1981). 31-Dec-1981. Primarily from U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps (or 1:25K, Puerto Rico 1:20K) and from U.S. Board on Geographic Names files. In some instances, from 1:62,500 scale or 1:250,000 scale maps.
  7. DuGard, Rene C. Dictionary of French Place Names in the U.S.A. Editions Des Deux Mondes Et Slavuta, 1986, 431 pp. p365
  8. Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27(January-July 1959):34-40. p87
  9. Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component..arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  10. Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component..arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  11. Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27(January-July 1959):34-40. p37
  12. Crockett, Walter Hill. Vermont The Green Mountain State. Volumes 1-4. New York: The Century History Company, 1921. Use form a1 VT-T47/vol/p. v1/p125
  13. A Trip Through The Lake Champlain Islands. http://www.geocities.com/jmillard/Explore/islands.html.
  14. Huden, John C. Historical Champlain Maps. Vermont History 27(January-July 1959):34-40. p87
  15. Hill, Ralph Nading Hill. The Winooski. (Rivers of America Series) New York: Rinehart and Company, 1949. p3
  16. Meeks, Hearld A. Time and Change in Vermont, A Human Geography. Chester, Connecticut, The Globe Pequot Press, 1986. ".. mainly a historical geography, but with a modern component..arranged by subject and time rather than by geographic regions." p452
  17. Hayward, John. A Gazetteer of Vermont. (Reprint) Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990. p24
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