Hoosic River
| Hoosic River Hoos-ick | |
|---|---|
Hoosic River in North Adams, Massachusetts | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts, Vermont, New York |
| Region | Hudson Valley |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cheshire Reservoir |
| • location | Cheshire, Massachusetts |
| • coordinates | 42°33′14″N 73°9′56″W / 42.55389°N 73.16556°W |
| • elevation | 970 ft (300 m) |
| Mouth | Hudson River |
• location | Schaghticoke, New York |
• coordinates | 42°55′40″N 73°39′29″W / 42.92778°N 73.65806°W |
• elevation | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Length | 76 mi (122 km) |
| Basin size | 720 sq mi (1,900 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Eagle Bridge, New York |
| • minimum | 160 cu ft/s (4.5 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 3,300 cu ft/s (93 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Green River, Little Hoosic River |
| • right | North Branch Hoosic River, Walloomsac River |
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick (primarily in New York) and the Hoosuck (mostly archaic), is a 76.3-mile-long (122.8 km) tributary of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States. The different spellings are the result of varying transliterations of the river's original Algonquian name. It can be translated either as "the beyond place" (as in beyond, or east of, the Hudson) or as "the stony place" (perhaps because the river's stony bottom is usually exposed except in spring, or perhaps because local soils are so stony).