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5-563: Mianus may refer to: Mianus River , in Westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, U.S. Mianus, Connecticut , a neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Mianus [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
10-626: Is a 20.3-mile-long (32.7 km) river in Westchester County, New York , and Fairfield County, Connecticut , in the United States. It begins in the town of North Castle, New York (east of Armonk ) in a series of ponds at about 600 feet (180 m) altitude. Flowing northeast into the town of Bedford , it abruptly turns south and passes through the Mianus River Gorge , a nature preserve, before entering Stamford, Connecticut , where it
15-710: Is dammed into the Mianus Reservoir, officially known as the Samuel J. Bargh Reservoir (256-foot (78 m) altitude) of the Greenwich Water Company. From there, it flows south through Stamford and Greenwich into Long Island Sound , at sea level. The river flows under the Mianus River Bridge , which is part of Interstate 95 , U.S. Route 1 , and the Mianus River Railroad Bridge which carries
20-813: The New Haven Line of Metro-North Railroad . The Mianus flows through parks including the Mianus River State Park (straddling the Stamford/Greenwich border) and Mianus Glen, just to the north in Stamford, as well as Newman Mills Park in North Stamford . The Mianus Fault runs near the river, pushing rock on the east side down, relative to the west side. Mianus is a corruption of Mayanno, an Indian chieftain. Mianus has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names . This article related to
25-466: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mianus&oldid=981808914 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mianus River The Mianus River
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