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The Woonasquatucket River (pronounced woo-NAH-skwə-TUK-it, Algonquian for "where the salt water ends"), sometimes called "the Woony", is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
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Woonasquatucket River
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The Woonasquatucket River (pronounced woo-NAH-skwə-TUK-it, Algonquian for "where the salt water ends"), sometimes called "the Woony", is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
It flows approximately 15.8 miles (25.4 km) and drains a watershed of 130 km2 (50 sq mi). Together with the Blackstone River to the north, the Woonasquatucket was designated an American Heritage River in 1998.
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