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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.
This is a list of rivers and significant streams in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.. All watercourses named "River" (freshwater or tidal) are listed here, as well as other streams which are either subject to the New Hampshire Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act or are more than 10 miles (16 km) long.
In his report, dated November 12, 1835, Baldwin stated that the Androscoggin River discharges more water than any other river in the state of Maine, being equal, at the lowest stage of the water, to more than 4,000 cubic feet (110 m 3) per second. According to this report, all the water at Brunswick Falls was 40.83 feet (12.44 m) high, divided ...
May 5—State regulators threw cold water this week on a bid to upgrade the water quality classification of a portion of the Androscoggin River that includes Lewiston-Auburn. Environmentalists ...
Nov. 18—AUBURN — If the water levels in the upper portion of the Androscoggin River near Lewiston Falls seem to be lower than normal lately, it's not your imagination. Two suspects vandalized ...
May 23—RUMFORD — For decades, Rumford served as a poster child for the nightmarish pollution that turned the Androscoggin River into a foaming, dye-filled mess with fumes so awful they peeled ...
Umbagog Lake is fed by the Magalloway River, the Rapid River, and the Dead Cambridge River. It is the source of the Androscoggin River. The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, horned pout, and northern pike. [3]
The name of the Androscoggin is derived from an anglicization of the Abenaki-language term Ammoscongon, which was the name given for the portion of the Androscoggin River from Lewiston Falls northward, as stated by Pere Pole in 1793. [1]