Quinnipiac River

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river

The Quinnipiac River is a river in south-central Connecticut that flows south through several communities before emptying into Long Island Sound.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
basinCountry	United States →
basinSize	approximately 165 square miles → approximately 430 square kilometres →
conservationOrganization	Quinnipiac River Watershed Association →
country	United States →
crossedBy	Interstate 91 NERFINISHED → Interstate 95 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 1 →
drainageBasin	Quinnipiac River watershed →
environmentalIssue	historical industrial pollution →
flowsDirection	generally south →
flowsInto	Atlantic Ocean via Long Island Sound →
flowsThrough	Cheshire → Hartford County → Meriden NERFINISHED → New Haven NERFINISHED → New Haven County → North Haven → Southington NERFINISHED → Wallingford →
hasBridge	Interstate 91 bridge at New Haven → Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED → Tomlinson Bridge →
length	about 45 miles → about 72 kilometres →
locatedIn	south-central Connecticut →
mouth	Long Island Sound →
mouthElevation	0 metres →
mouthLocation	New Haven Harbor →
namedAfter	Quinnipiac people →
passesNear	Sleeping Giant State Park →
region	New England →
sourceElevation	about 270 feet →
sourceLocation	Dead Wood Swamp → Plainville, Connecticut NERFINISHED →
state	Connecticut →
tributary	Harbor Brook → Horton Brook NERFINISHED → Misery Brook → Muddy River NERFINISHED → Sodom Brook → Tenmile River NERFINISHED → Wharton Brook → Willow Brook →
usedFor	boating → fishing → recreation →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Castle Craig ("Quinnipiac Valley") → Hubbard Park ("Quinnipiac Valley") →	offersViewOf
Long Island Sound →	hasInflow
Hanging Hills ("Quinnipiac River Valley") →	hasViewOf
Meriden, Connecticut ("Quinnipiac River Valley") →	isLocatedInValley
Meriden, Connecticut →	locatedOn
New Haven, Connecticut ("Quinnipiac") →	originalName