List of rivers of Massachusetts
List of rivers of Massachusetts (U.S. state).
All Massachusetts rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean. The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name, arranged travelling upstream along the larger stream.
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By drainage[]
Gulf of Maine north of Cape Ann[]
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Merrimack River watershed
- Merrimack River
- Powwow River
- Artichoke River
- Little River
- Cochichewick River
- Shawsheen River
- Spicket River
- Concord River
- Assabet River
- Sudbury River
- Beaver Brook
- Salmon Brook
- Nashua River
- Souhegan River (New Hampshire)
- Parker River
- Rowley River
- Eagle Hill River
- Ipswich River
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- Annisquam River
Massachusetts Bay[]
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- Saugus River
- Mystic River
- Chelsea Creek
- Malden River
- Alewife Brook
- Little River
- Aberjona River
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Boston Harbor watershed
- Charles River
- Muddy River
- Stop River
- Stony Brook (Waltham)
- Stony Brook (Boston) (covered culvert)
- Neponset River
- Canton River, a.k.a. East Branch Neponset River
- Mother Brook
- Weymouth Fore River
- Weymouth Back River
- Weir River
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- (In 1640, Bound Brook formed the border between the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.)
- North River
Cape Cod Bay[]
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Map showing Cape Cod Bay and other major waters off Massachusetts
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- Bluefish River
- Jones River
- Town Brook
- Eel River
- Pamet River
- Little Pamet River
- Herring River (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)
Nantucket Sound[]
- Mitchell River
- Oyster Pond River
- Bass River
- Parkers River
- Centerville River
- Santuit River
- Mashpee River
- Quashnet River
- Childs River
- Coonamesset River
Martha's Vineyard[]
Buzzards Bay[]
- Pocasset River
- Back River
- Weweantic River
- Mattapoisett River
- Nasketucket River
- Acushnet River
- Slocums River
- Westport River
Narragansett Bay[]
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Taunton River watershed
- Taunton River
- Quequechan River
- Assonet River
- Segreganset River
- Three Mile River
- Mill River
- Forge River
- Cotley River
- Nemasket River
- Winnetuxet River
- Matfield River
- Town River
- Lees River
- Cole River
- Kickamuit River
- Warren River (Rhode Island)
- Barrington River (Rhode Island)
- Palmer River
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Blackstone River watershed
- Seekonk River (Rhode Island)
- Ten Mile River
- Blackstone River
- Abbott Run
- Peters River
- Mill River
- Branch River (Rhode Island)
- Clear River (Rhode Island)
- Nipmuc River (Rhode Island)
- Clear River (Rhode Island)
- West River
- Mumford River
- Quinsigamond River
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Long Island Sound[]
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Connecticut River watershed
- Thames River (Connecticut)
- Shetucket River (Connecticut)
- Quinebaug River
- Shetucket River (Connecticut)
- Connecticut River
- Farmington River (Connecticut)
- East Branch Farmington River (Connecticut)
- West Branch Farmington River
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- Scantic RiverWestfield River watershed
- Westfield River
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- Mill River (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Chicopee River
- Quaboag River
- East Brookfield River
- Sevenmile River
- Fivemile River
- East Brookfield River
- Ware River
- Swift River
- Quabbin Reservoir
- Quabbin Reservoir
- Burnshirt River
- East Branch Ware River
- West Branch Ware River
- Swift River
- Quaboag River
- Manhan River
- Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
- Fort River
- Deerfield River
- Fall River (Connecticut River tributary)
- Millers River
- Farmington River (Connecticut)
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Housatonic River watershed
- Housatonic River
- Blackberry River (Connecticut)
- Konkapot River
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Hoosic River watershed
New York Harbor[]
- Hudson River (New York)
- Kinderhook Creek
- Hoosic River
Alphabetically[]
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- Abbott Run
- Aberjona River
- Acushnet River
- Agawam River
- Alewife Brook
- Annisquam River
- Artichoke River
- Assabet River
- Assonet River
- Back River (Buzzards Bay)
- Back River (Powwow River tributary)
- Barrington River
- Bass River (Nantucket Sound)
- Beaver Brook
- Blackstone River
- Blackwater River
- Bumps River
- Bungay River
- Burnshirt River
- Canoe River
- Cedar Swamp River
- Centerville River
- Charles River
- Chicopee River
- Childs River
- Chockalog River
- Cochato River
- Cochichewick River
- Cole River
- Concord River
- Connecticut River
- Coonamesset River
- Copicut River
- Cotley River
- Cranberry River
- Crooked River
- Deerfield River
- Eagle Hill River
- East Branch Neponset River
- East Branch Ware River
- East Brookfield River
- Eel River
- Egypt River
- Fall River (Connecticut River tributary)
- Five Mile River
- Forge River
- Fort River
- French River
- Fresh River
- Green River (Deerfield River tributary)
- Herring River
- Hockomock River
- Hoosic River/Hoosac River
- Housatonic River
- Hubbard River
- Indian Head River
- Ipswich River
- Jones River (Kingston Bay)
- Kickamuit River
- Kinderhook Creek
- Konkapot River
- Lees River
- Little Pamet River
- Little River (Alewife Brook tributary)
- Little River (Merrimack River tributary)
- Malden River
- Manhan River
- Mashpee River
- Matfield River
- Mattapoisett River
- Merrimack River
- Mill River (Massachusetts–Rhode Island)
- Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Taunton River tributary)
- Millers River
- Mitchell River
- Monatiquot River
- Mother Brook
- Muddy River
- Mumford River
- Mystic River
- Nashua River
- Nasketucket River
- Nemasket River
- Neponset River
- Nissitissit River
- North Branch Millers River
- North Nashua River
- North River (Deerfield River tributary)
- North River (Massachusetts Bay)
- Otter River
- Oyster Pond River
- Palmer River
- Pamet River
- Parker River
- Parkers River
- Paskamanset River
- Peters River
- Phillips Brook
- Pocasset River
- Poor Meadow Brook
- Powwow River
- Quaboag River
- Quashnet River
- Quequechan River
- Quinapoxet River
- Quinebaug River
- Quinsigamond River
- Quiquechan River
- Roger Island River
- Rowley River
- Rumford River
- Runnins River
- Salisbury Plain River
- Salmon Brook
- Santuit River
- Satucket River
- Saugus River
- Scantic River
- Segreganset River
- Seven Mile River (East Brookfield River tributary)
- Sevenmile River (Tenmile River tributary)
- Shawsheen River
- Shumatuscacant River
- Sippican River
- Skug River
- Snake River
- South Branch Souhegan River
- South Nashua River
- Spicket River
- Squannacook River
- Stillwater River
- Stop River
- Sudbury River
- Swift River (Ware River tributary)
- Sudbury River
- Taunton River
- Ten Mile River
- Three Mile River
- Tiasquam River
- Town Brook
- Town River
- Umpachene River
- Wading River
- Wankinco River
- Ware River
- Weir River
- West Branch Farmington River
- West Branch Ware River
- West River
- Westfield River
- Westport River
- Weweantic River
- Weymouth Back River
- Weymouth Fore River
- Whiting River
- Whitman River
- Winnetuxet River
See also[]
- List of rivers in the United States
- Miskatonic River
References[]
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- Professor Higbee's Stream Map of New England. (1995). Vivid Publishing, Inc..
External links[]
Media related to Rivers of Massachusetts at Wikimedia Commons
- "Assessment Data for the State of Massachusetts Year 2006", Environmental Protection Agency.
Categories:
- Lists of rivers of the United States by state
- Massachusetts geography-related lists
- Rivers of Massachusetts