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The Housatonic River is a river in the New England region of the United States.
It rises in extreme western Massachussets in the Berkshire Mountains near the city of Pittsfield. Southeast of Pittsfield it is joined by the Hoosic River. It flows southward through western Massachusetts through the Berkshires and into western Connecticut and empties into Long Island Sound in a fjord near the city of Stratford.
The total length of the river is 144 miles.
