Thames River

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The Thames River in Connecticut is a short tidal estuary in the southeastern part of the state that flows past cities like New London into Long Island Sound.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Thames River canonical 42
Thames River watershed 3
Thames River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ
adjacentTo Connecticut College ⓘ
United States Coast Guard Academy ⓘ
United States Naval Submarine Base New London ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
cityOnRiver Groton, Connecticut ⓘ
New London, Connecticut ⓘ
Norwich, Connecticut ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasin Thames River watershed (Connecticut) ⓘ
flowsDirection generally southward ⓘ
flowsInto Long Island Sound ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Shetucket River ⓘ
Yantic River ⓘ
hasBridge Amtrak Thames River Bridge ⓘ
Gold Star Memorial Bridge ⓘ
Mohegan-Pequot Bridge ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionOnShore Connecticut College ⓘ
United States Coast Guard Academy ⓘ
hasEstuary Long Island Sound estuarine system ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Sound
hasMilitaryFacilityOnShore United States Naval Submarine Base New London ⓘ
hasPort Port of New London ⓘ
linked to: New London harbor
inflow Shetucket River ⓘ
Yantic River ⓘ
length approximately 15 miles ⓘ
approximately 24 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn New London County, Connecticut ⓘ
New London, Connecticut metropolitan area ⓘ
southeastern Connecticut ⓘ
mouthLocation Long Island Sound ⓘ
namedAfter River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames

Thames River (England) ⓘ
linked to: Thames
navigationStatus navigable ⓘ
partOf Long Island Sound watershed ⓘ
linked to: Long Island Sound
passesThrough Groton, Connecticut ⓘ
New London, Connecticut ⓘ
Norwich, Connecticut ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
salinity brackish ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterbodyType tidal river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New London, Connecticut → locatedOn → Thames River ⓘ
Harvard–Yale Regatta → location → Thames River ⓘ
Mohegan Sun → nearbyWaterBody → Thames River ⓘ
Fort Trumbull State Park → overlooks → Thames River ⓘ
Connecticut Route 32 → followsRiver → Thames River ⓘ
Shetucket River → mouthOfWatercourse → Thames River ⓘ
Shetucket River → helpsForm → Thames River ⓘ
Shetucket River → tributaryOf → Thames River ⓘ
Shetucket River → partOf → Thames River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Thames River
Mashamoquet Brook → partOf → Thames River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Thames River
Yantic River → tributaryOf → Thames River ⓘ
Yantic River → mouthForms → Thames River ⓘ
Quinebaug River → mouthLocatedIn → Thames River ⓘ
Quinebaug River → tributaryOf → Thames River ⓘ
Southeastern Connecticut → contains → Thames River ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena → near → Thames River ⓘ
Mohegan Sun Convention Center → near → Thames River ⓘ
Preston, Connecticut → locatedNear → Thames River ⓘ
Preston, Connecticut → hasRiver → Thames River ⓘ
Gold Star Memorial Bridge → crosses → Thames River ⓘ
Amtrak Thames River Bridge → crosses → Thames River ⓘ
Mohegan–Pequot Bridge → crosses → Thames River ⓘ
19th-century Connecticut → hasRiver → Thames River ⓘ
Natchaug River → riverSystem → Thames River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Thames River
Mohegan Burial Ground → locatedNear → Thames River ⓘ
Ledyard, Connecticut → locatedOnRiver → Thames River ⓘ
Mount Hope River → drainageBasin → Thames River basin ⓘ
linked to: Thames River
Groton, Connecticut → locatedOn → Thames River ⓘ
Groton Heights battlefield → hasView → Thames River ⓘ