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Landforms
Landforms
The jagged, and rocky Atlantic Ocean coastline of Connecticut is a remnant of the last Ice Age. It's a mixture of bays, inlets, tiny islands, river estuaries, and a few sandy beaches.
From the narrow coastal lowlands the land rises into the central hills and low mountains of the north.
Eastern Connecticut (central and north) is hilly, heavily forested, and crisscrossed by narrow river valleys.
In the west, the Appalachian Mountains stretch north across the state on into western Massachusetts. The Berkshire (hills or mountains) and the narrow Taconic Mountain Range are the dominant landforms. Mt. Frissell, is the state's highest point, at 2,380 ft.
The state is dissected by the Connecticut River and the surrounding central valley. At 407 miles (655 km), it's the longest river in the New England states.
There are dozens of additional rivers within Connecticut. The Housatonic, Farmington and Thames are the most significant.
Numerous small lakes and ponds are found in Connecticut, with the largest being Lake Candlewood, one of the largest man-made lakes in the USA.
For a closer look at the topography of Connecticut, view this
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Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
Land Statistics Land Area
(land) 4,845 sq miles
(water) 698 sq miles
(TOTAL) 5,543 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
here!
Horizontal Width 88 miles from the central New York border, directly east to the Rhode Island border
Vertical Length 60 miles from Bridgeport, straight north to the Massachusetts border
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (3) Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York
Counties (8) map here! County (largest by population) Fairfield 891,469
Geographic Center is located in East Berlin, in Hartford County
 Highest Point Mt. Frissell, at 2,380 ft.
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft.
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation 498 ft.
Relative Location here!
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