{{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Bantam River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = ''(Also called Cemetery Brook, Doctor Buell Brook, East Branch of Shepaug, and other names)'' <ref name=gnis/> | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Bantam Lake, Morris CT.jpg | image_caption = Bantam Lake, midway point on Bantam River {{Location map+ |embed=yes | Connecticut | relief = 1 | caption = Headwaters and mouth of Bantam River in Connecticut | width = 300 | places = {{Location map~ | Connecticut | label = Source | position = right | mark = Red pog.svg | marksize = 4 | link = | lat_deg = 41.821636 | lon_deg = -73.218498 }} {{Location map~ | Connecticut | label = Mouth | position = right | mark = Blue pog.svg | marksize = 4 | link = | lat_deg = 41.6831514 | lon_deg = -73.3034508 }} }} <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = States | subdivision_name2 = Connecticut | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = Towns | subdivision_name4 = Goshen, Litchfield, Morris, Washington | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = Bantam Lake Inlet: {{convert|10.88|mi|km|abbr=on}};<br> Bantam Lake Outlet: {{convert|7.96|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=maccracken/> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = Inlet: {{convert|25|ft}};<br> Outlet: {{convert|60|ft}}<ref name=maccracken/> | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Marsh above Litchfield Reservoir | source1_location = Goshen, Massachusetts | source1_coordinates= ({{coord|41.821636|-73.218498|format=dms}}) | source1_elevation = | mouth = Shepaug River | mouth_location = Washington, Connecticut | mouth_coordinates = ({{coord|41.6831514|-73.3034508|format=dms}}) | mouth_elevation = {{convert|604|ft|abbr=on}} <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|205247|Bantam River}}</ref> | progression = | river_system = Housatonic | basin_size = {{convert|25,732.28|acre|abbr=on}} <ref name=connecticutwatersheds/> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Ivy Mountain Brook, West Branch | custom_label = Gradient | custom_data = 37.69 fpm (Inlet);<br> 38.42 fpm (Outlet)<ref name=maccracken/> | extra = }}
The '''Bantam River''' is a two-part, southward-flowing stream located in northwest Connecticut in the United States. The full river comprises two streams that flow into and out of Bantam Lake and that are referred to as Bantam Lake Inlet and Bantam Lake Outlet.<ref name=maccracken/> The two sections of the river enter and leave Bantam Lake at points approximately {{convert|2800|ft}} apart on the lake's north shore. The river drains an area of more than {{convert|25000|acre}} in the towns of Goshen, Litchfield, Morris, and Washington. Its total course is approximately {{convert|18|mi}} in length. The river rises in the marsh area north of the Litchfield Reservoir and empties into the Shepaug River.<ref name=maccracken/> It forms the southern boundary of Mount Tom State Park.<ref name=DEEPmap/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=connecticutwatersheds>{{cite web |url=https://clear.uconn.edu/projects/imperviouslis/pdfs/IS_wtrshd_summaries.pdf |title=Connecticut Watersheds |date= |publisher= |accessdate=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706232322/https://clear.uconn.edu/projects/imperviouslis/pdfs/IS_wtrshd_summaries.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=maccracken>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2G4DQAAQBAJ&q=bantam |title=Litchfield County Connecticut Stream and River Fishing & Floating Guide |author=Maccracken, Jim |date=2018 |accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=DEEPmap>{{cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/stateparks/maps/mounttom.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403135914/http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/stateparks/maps/mounttom.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |title=Mount Tom State Park Map |publisher=Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |date=January 27, 2016 |accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
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Category:Rivers of Connecticut Category:Rivers of Litchfield County, Connecticut Category:Goshen, Connecticut Litchfield Category:Morris, Connecticut