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The Cape Cod National Seashore is a constantly shifting mass of dunes, battered relentlessly by the currents of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Eastern Massachusetts is mostly flat, comprised of low hills, small lakes, streams and rivers. From the Boston area, the land rises gently into wooded, rolling hills, broken central by the Connecticut River Valley.
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In the far west, the Appalachian Mountains stretch across the state on into Vermont and New Hampshire. The Berkshire Hills and Taconic Mountain Range are the major features. Mt. Greylock, at 3,487 ft., is the state's highest point.
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There are over 4,000 miles of rivers within Massachusetts. Major rivers include the Connecticut, (the longest river in New England) the Merrimack in the northeast corner, and the Housatonic in the far west.
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More than 1,000 small lakes and ponds are found within the state, with the largest being the Quabbin Reservoir (27,794 acres).
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Land Statistics ![]() ![]() (land) 7,840 sq miles
![]() (water) 2,717 sq miles
![]() (TOTAL) 10,557 sq miles
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