Taunton River
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The Taunton River, historically also called the Taunton Great River, is a river in southern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, near the Paper Mill Village neighborhood of the town of Bridgewater. From there in northern Bristol County, it flows southward, past the city of Taunton and initially ends after flowing past the Borden Flats in the town of Somerset and into Mount Hope Bay, an arm of Narragansett Bay. Battleship Cove, the world's largest museum of warships, is located on the Fall River side of the river at its confluence with Mount Hope Bay, beneath the Braga Bridge.
The total length of the river is 44 miles (71 km). It has a watershed of 562 square miles (1,456 km²). The river's watershed includes the Hockomock Swamp, the largest remaining wetland in the state.
The river is currently under study for possible inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System. The Taunton River is the principle river that makes up the Taunton River Watershed.
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[edit] See also
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- List of Massachusetts rivers
- Taunton, Massachusetts
- Three Mile River
- Weetamoo
[edit] External links
- American Rivers site on the Taunton River.
- Taunton River Stewardship Program: The Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts
- Taunton River Watershed Alliance
- University of Rhode Island: Taunton River Watershed critical resource atlas.
- TauntonRiver.org
Taunton River Journal http://www.glooskapandthefrog.org/
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Taunton River Watershed |
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| Main river |
Taunton River |
| Tributaries |
Assonet River · Canoe River · Cedar Swamp River · Cocasset River · Cotley River · Forge River · Hockomock River · Matfield River · Mill River · Nemasket River · Rumford River · Salisbury Plain River · Satucket River · Segreganset River · Snake River · Taunton River · Three Mile River · Town River · Wading River · Winnetuxet River |
| Lakes/Ponds |
Assawompset Pond · Great Quittacas Pond · Little Quittacas Pond · Lake Nippenicket · Norton Reservoir · Lake Mirimichi · Lake Rico · Lake Sabbatia · Leach Pond · Long Pond · Pocksha Pond · Somerset Reservoir · Turnpike Lake · Watson Pond · Winnecunnet Pond |
| Miscellaneous |
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