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Gulf of Maine waters are more strongly influenced by the Labrador Current, making the gulf waters significantly colder and more nutrient-rich than those found to the south. Undersea valleys in the central basin can reach depths of 1,500 feet (500 m), while undersea mountains rise up 800 feet (240 m) from the sea floor, almost reaching the ...
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 qualifications for this list of Maine lakes is that the lake is located partially or entirely in Maine, named, and has a surface area of more than 10 acres (40,000 m 2). This makes it legally a great pond unless it is dammed, smaller than 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ) prior to damming, smaller than 30 acres (120,000 m 2 ) afterwards, and entirely ...
The Machias River is a major tributary of the Aroostook River, flowing 33.4 miles (53.8 km) [1] through Aroostook County in the northern part of the state of Maine, USA.From the outflow of Big Machias Lake in Maine Township 12, Range 8, WELS, the river runs southeast and east to its confluence with the Aroostook in
Fivemile Brook in Maine (Rivière des Cinq Milles in Quebec) Twomile Brook in Maine (Rivière des Deux Milles in Quebec) Little Saint Roch River; Chimenticook River, Maine; East Lake (Kamouraska), Quebec and Maine; Pocwock River, Quebec and Maine Pocwock River West Branch, Quebec and Maine; Pocwock River East Branch, Maine
The Webhannet River is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km) [1] river whose 8,963-acre (36.27 km 2) watershed is contained entirely within the town of Wells, Maine. [2] The river has five tributaries, including three with official names: Pope’s Creek, Depot Brook, and Blacksmith Brook.
Portland Head Light, Maine, William Aiken Walker. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the coast of Maine in the United States.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's chart for Casco Bay marks the dividing line between the bay and the Gulf of Maine as running from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg west-southwest to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth.
The Aroostook River is a 112-mile-long (180 km) [2] tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Its basin is the largest sub-drainage of the Saint John River. [3] The name is derived from the Malecite name Wool-ahs-took, translated by Ganong as "good river for everything".