Thames River

E276142

river tidal estuary

The Thames River in Connecticut is a short tidal estuary in the southeastern part of the state that flows past cities like New London into Long Island Sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Thames River canonical	19
Thames River watershed	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ tidal estuary ⓘ
adjacentTo	Connecticut College ⓘ United States Coast Guard Academy ⓘ Naval Submarine Base New London ⓘ surface form: United States Naval Submarine Base New London
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cityOnRiver	Groton, Connecticut Colony ⓘ surface form: Groton, Connecticut New London, Connecticut ⓘ Norwich, Connecticut ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasin	Thames River (Connecticut) ⓘ surface form: Thames River watershed (Connecticut)
flowsDirection	generally southward ⓘ
flowsInto	Long Island Sound ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf	Shetucket River ⓘ Yantic River ⓘ
hasBridge	Amtrak Thames River Bridge ⓘ Gold Star Memorial Bridge ⓘ Mohegan–Pequot Bridge ⓘ surface form: Mohegan-Pequot Bridge
hasEducationalInstitutionOnShore	Connecticut College ⓘ United States Coast Guard Academy ⓘ
hasEstuary	Long Island Sound ⓘ surface form: Long Island Sound estuarine system
hasMilitaryFacilityOnShore	Naval Submarine Base New London ⓘ surface form: United States Naval Submarine Base New London
hasPort	New London harbor ⓘ surface form: Port of New London
inflow	Shetucket River ⓘ Yantic River ⓘ
length	approximately 15 miles ⓘ approximately 24 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	New London County, Connecticut ⓘ New London, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New London, Connecticut metropolitan area southeastern Connecticut ⓘ
mouthLocation	Long Island Sound ⓘ
namedAfter	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames Thames ⓘ surface form: Thames River (England)
navigationStatus	navigable ⓘ
partOf	Long Island Sound ⓘ surface form: Long Island Sound watershed
passesThrough	Groton, Connecticut Colony ⓘ surface form: Groton, Connecticut New London, Connecticut ⓘ Norwich, Connecticut ⓘ
region	New England ⓘ
salinity	brackish ⓘ
state	Connecticut ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
waterbodyType	tidal river ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New London, Connecticut → locatedOn → Thames River ⓘ

Harvard–Yale Regatta → location → Thames River ⓘ

United States Coast Guard Academy → overlooks → Thames River ⓘ

Battle of Groton Heights → geographicalFeature → Thames River ⓘ

Mohegan territory along the Thames River → follows → Thames River ⓘ

Mohegan territory along the Thames River → hasNameSource → Thames River ⓘ

Mohegan Sun → nearbyWaterBody → Thames River ⓘ

New London Union Station → locatedNear → Thames River ⓘ

Uncasville, Connecticut → locatedOnRiver → Thames River ⓘ

Fort Trumbull State Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Thames River ⓘ

Fort Trumbull State Park → overlooks → Thames River ⓘ

Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park → overlooks → Thames River ⓘ

New London harbor → locatedOnWaterbody → Thames River ⓘ

New London harbor → locatedNearMouthOf → Thames River ⓘ

Connecticut Route 32 → followsRiver → Thames River ⓘ

Fort Trumbull (Third System reconstruction) → locatedOnWaterbody → Thames River ⓘ

Shetucket River → mouthOfWatercourse → Thames River ⓘ

Shetucket River → helpsForm → Thames River ⓘ

Shetucket River → tributaryOf → Thames River ⓘ

Shetucket River → partOf → Thames River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thames River watershed

Mashamoquet Brook → partOf → Thames River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thames River watershed