Salmon Falls River
Salmon Falls River | |
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Acton, ME | |
• coordinates | 43°33′10″N 70°57′13″W / 43.55278°N 70.95361°W / 43.55278; -70.95361 |
• elevation | 560 ft (170 m) |
Eliot, ME | |
• coordinates | 43°10′33″N 70°49′26″W / 43.17583°N 70.82389°W / 43.17583; -70.82389 |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 38 mi (61 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little River, Great Works River |
• right | Branch River |
The Salmon Falls River is a tributary of the Piscataqua River in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. It rises at Great East Lake, Newichawannock Canal, and Horn Pond and flows south-southeast for approximately 38 miles (61 km), forming the border between York County, Maine, and Strafford County, New Hampshire.[1]
The Salmon Falls River joins the Cochecho River near Dover, New Hampshire, to form the Piscataqua River.[2]
It provides
Local Abenaki Indians called the river Newichawannock (New-ik-a-WAN-nok), meaning "river with many falls". See Newichawannock Canal
See also
External links
References
- ^ New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. Dover East 7½-minute quadrangle. July 1, 1990.
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