What is Hoosic River?

Information about Hoosic River

Hoosic River watershed

The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles (113 km) long, in the northeastern United States. The varying transliterations are from the Algonquin name, probably meaning "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or perhaps "stony place" (either because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or because local soils are so stony).

The main stream, the south branch, rises in northwestern Massachusetts in the Hoosac Range. It flows north, west, and northwest, past the Massachusetts towns of Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown, and then across Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, before entering New York. It flows past Hoosick Falls, where it provides hydroelectric power and joins the Hudson 14 mi (23 km) above the city of Troy in the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County.

Its tributaries include the North Branch of Hoosic River, the Little Hoosick River, the Walloomsac River and the Green River.

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Hudson River (Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk or Muhheakantuck)

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Algonquins (or Algonkins) are an aboriginal North American people speaking Algonquin, an Algonquian language. Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, with whom they form the larger AnicinÃ pe grouping.
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The Hoosac Range is a Western Massachusetts mountain range which is part of the Appalachian Mountains and an extension of the Vermont Green Mountains.

The 4.75 mile Hoosac Tunnel passes through the range.
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Adams, Massachusetts

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North Adams, Massachusetts
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Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Pownal, Vermont

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Hoosick Falls, New York

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Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower. Hydroelectricity now supplies about 715,000 MWe or 19% of world electricity (16% in 2003), accounting for over 63% of the total electricity from renewables in 2005.
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City of Troy, New York
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Schaghticoke is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, USA. The population was 7,456 at the 2000 census. The Schaghticoke is a native tribe aborignal to the area.

The Town of Schaghticoke is on the northern border of the county, north of Troy, New York.
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Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 152,538. Its name is in honor of the family of Killiaen Van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy.
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The Walloomsac River (pronunciation: WALL-oom-sak) is a tributary of the Hoosic River, 30 miles (48 km) in length, in the northeastern United States. It rises in southeastern Vermont, in the Green Mountains east of the town Pownal and flows north and west past Bennington
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List of rivers in Massachusetts (U.S. state).

All Massachusetts rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean. The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.
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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New York.

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This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.
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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by drainage basin, and ordered from lower to higher, with the towns at their mouths:

Connecticut River

The Connecticut River drains into Long Island Sound in Connecticut.
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