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The watershed of the gulf encompasses an area of 69,000 square miles (180,000 km 2), including all of Maine, 70% of New Hampshire, 56% of New Brunswick, 41% of Massachusetts, and 36% of Nova Scotia. The watershed also includes a small southern portion of the Canadian province of Quebec , which is less than 1% of the province's area.
The Androscoggin River (Abenaki: Ammoscongon) [6] is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is 178 miles (286 km) [7] long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is 3,530 square miles (9,100 km ...
The Gulf of Maine is considered to be a relatively deep body of water, with an average depth of 490 feet (150 meters) and a maximum depth of 1236 feet (377) meters. Its southern border is defined by the Georges Bank , a shallow underwater plateau located offshore that forms a basin in the central Gulf of Maine.
The river runs southeastward, with New Hampshire to the south and west and Maine to the north and east, and empties into the Gulf of Maine east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The last 6 miles (10 km) before the sea are known as Portsmouth Harbor and have a tidal current of around 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph). [1]
It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed. The Little River rises in Kingston, New Hampshire, flows south through Plaistow, and enters the city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, where it joins the Merrimack River. Most of the Little River's course is marked by suburban and urban development. [1]
Aerial photograph of Saco Bay. Saco Bay (/ ˈ s ɑː k oʊ / SAH-koh) is a small curved embayment of the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic coast of Maine in the United States.. Saco Bay is approximately 10 mi (16 km) wide, running from the Fletcher Neck (the Biddeford Pool peninsula) and the mouth of the Saco River in York County north to the Scarborough River and Prouts Neck in Scarborough ...
The river flows into Wells Harbor, then empties between a pair of jetties into the Gulf of Maine. [2] The Webhannet watershed includes 1,510 acres (6.1 km 2) of land under conservation, including 1,167 acres (4.72 km 2) of estuary salt marsh and uplands protected by the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. [2]
It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed. Beaver Brook rises in Chester, New Hampshire, and flows south into Derry, passing through Harantis Lake, Adams Pond, and Beaver Lake. Continuing south, the brook forms the boundary between Londonderry and Windham, then flows through Pelham. [1]