List of rivers of Massachusetts

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List of rivers in 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 alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.

Contents 1 By Drainage Basin 1.1 Gulf of Maine north of Cape Ann 1.2 Massachusetts Bay 1.3 Cape Cod Bay 1.4 Nantucket Sound 1.5 Martha's Vineyard 1.6 Buzzards Bay 1.7 Narragansett Bay 1.8 Long Island Sound 1.9 New York Harbor 2 Alphabetically 3 References

[edit] By Drainage Basin

[edit] Gulf of Maine north of Cape Ann

• Blackwater River

• Merrimack River
  • Back River (Newburyport)
  • Back River (Merrimac, Massachusetts)
  • Beaver Brook
  • Cochichewick River
  • Concord River
    • Assabet River
    • Sudbury River
  • East Meadow River
  • Indian River
  • Little River
  • Nashua River
    • Nissitissit River
    • North Nashua River
      • Whitman River
    • Quinapoxet River
    • Squannacook River
    • Still River
    • Stillwater River
  • Powwow River
    • Back River (Powwow River)
  • Salmon Brook
  • Shawsheen River
  • Souhegan River (NH)
    • South Branch Souhegan River
  • Spicket River
• Parker River
  • Little River
  • Mill River
• Rowley River
  • Egypt River
  • Muddy River
  • Roger Island River
• Eagle Hill River
• Ipswich River
  • Miles River
  • Martins Brook
    • Skug River
• Castle Neck River
• Essex River
• Annisquam River
  • Little River

[edit] Massachusetts Bay

• Danvers River
• Forest River
• Saugus River
  • Mill River
  • Pines River
• Mystic River
  • Aberjona River
  • Malden River

• Charles River
  • Mill River
  • Stop River
  • West Branch Charles River
• Neponset River
  • East Branch Neponset River
• Weymouth Fore River
  • Monatiquot River
    • Cochato River
    • Farm River
      • Blue Hill River
• Weymouth Back River
  • Fresh River
  • Mill River
    • Old Swamp River
• Weir River
  • Crooked Meadow River
    • Plymouth River
• Bound Brook In 1640 Bound Brook formed the border between the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies.
  • Aaron River
• North River
  • East Branch North River
  • Indian Head River
    • Drinkwater River
  • West Branch North River
• South River

[edit] Cape Cod Bay

• Back River (Massachusetts Bay)
  • Duck Hill River
    • Bourne Wharf River
  • Great Wood Island River
  • Little Wood Island River
  • Pine Point River
• Bluefish River
• Jones River
• Town Brook
• Eel River
• Boat Meadow River
• Pamet River
• Little Pamet River
• Herring River (5 streams, all on Cape Cod)

[edit] Nantucket Sound

• Mitchell River
• Oyster Pond River
• Andrews River
• Swan Pond River
• Bass River
• Parkers River
• Centerville River
  • Bumps River
• Marstons Mill River
• Santuit River
• Mashpee River
• Quashnet River
• Childs River
• Coonamesset River

[edit] Martha's Vineyard

• Tiasquam River

[edit] Buzzards Bay

• Wild Harbor River
• Pocasset River
• Wareham River
  • Agawam River
  • Broad Marsh River
  • Crooked River
  • Wankinco River
• Weweantic River
• Sippican River
  • East Branch Sippican River
  • West Branch Sippican River
• Mattapoisett River
• Nasketucket River
• Acushnet River
  • Keene River
• Slocums River
  • Paskamanset River
• Westport River
  • East Branch Westport River
    • Shingle Island River
      • Copicut River
  • West Branch Westport River

[edit] Narragansett Bay

• Taunton River
  • Assonet River
    • Cedar Swamp River
  • Canoe River
  • Cotley River
  • Forge River
  • Matfield River
    • Salisbury Plain River
    • Satucket River
      • Poor Meadow Brook
        • Shumatuscacant River
          • Stream River
  • Mill River
    • Snake River
  • Nemasket River
  • Quequechan River
  • Segreganset River
  • Three Mile River
    • Rumford River
    • Wading River
  • Town River
    • Hockomock River
  • Winnetuxet River
• Lees River
• Cole River
• Kickamuit River
• Warren River (RI)
  • Barrington River (RI)
    • Runnins River
  • Palmer River
    • East Branch Palmer River
    • West Branch Palmer River

• Seekonk River (RI)
  • Blackstone River
    • Abbott Run
    • Branch River (RI)
      • Clear River (RI)
        • Nipmuc River (RI)
          • Chockalog River
    • Peters River
    • Middle River
    • Mill River
    • Mumford River
    • Quinsigamond River
    • West River
  • Ten Mile River
    • Bungay River
    • Seven Mile River
    • Wilde River

[edit] Long Island Sound

• Thames River (RI)
  • Shetucket River (RI)
    • Quinebaug River
      • French River
        • Little River
          • South Fork Little River

• Connecticut River
  • Chicopee River
    • Quaboag River
      • East Brookfield River
        • Sevenmile River
          • Cranberry River
      • Fivemile River
    • Swift River (Ware River)
      • Quabbin Reservoir
        • East Branch Fever Brook
        • East Branch Swift River
        • Middle Branch Swift River
        • West Branch Fever Brook
        • West Branch Swift River
    • Ware River
      • Burnshirt River
      • East Branch Ware River
      • Prince River
      • West Branch Ware River
  • Deerfield River
    • Bear River
    • Chickley River
    • Cold River
    • Green River
      • East Branch Green River
      • West Branch Green River
    • North River (Deerfield River)
    • South River (Deerfield River)
  • Fall River
  • Farmington River
    • West Branch Farmington River
      • Buck River
      • Clam River
  • Fort River
  • Manhan River
    • North Branch Manhan River
  • Millers River
    • North Branch Millers River
    • Otter River
    • Tully River
      • East Branch Tully River
      • West Branch Tully River
  • Mill River (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
    • North Branch Mill River
    • South Branch Mill River
  • Mill River (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
    • East Branch Mill River
    • West Branch Mill River
  • Mill River (Hatfield, Massachusetts)
  • Mill River (North Amherst, Massachusetts)
  • Salmon Brook (CT)
    • East Branch Salmon Brook
  • Sawmill River

• • Scantic River
  • Westfield River
    • Little River (Westfield River, North)
    • Little River (Westfield River, South)
    • Middle Branch Westfield River
    • Swift River (Westfield River)
      • North Branch Swift River
    • West Branch Westfield River

• Housatonic River
  • Blackberry River (CT)
    • Whiting River
  • East Branch Housatonic River
    • Green River
  • Hop Brook
    • Mad River
  • Konkapot River
    • Umpachene River
  • Southwest Branch Housatonic River
  • West Branch Housatonic River
  • Williams River

[edit] New York Harbor

• Hudson River (NY)
  • Hoosic River/Hoosac River
    • Green River
    • North Branch Hoosic River

[edit] Alphabetically

• Aaron River
• Abbott Run
• Aberjona River
• Acushnet River
• Agawam River
• Andrews River
• Annisquam River
• Assabet River
• Assonet River
• Back River (Merrimac, Massachusetts)
• Back River (Newburyport)
• Back River (Powwow River)
• Barrington River
• Bass River
• Bear River
• Beaver Brook
• Blackstone River
• Blackwater River
• Blue Hill River
• Bluefish River
• Boat Meadow River
• Bourne Wharf River
• Broad Marsh River
• Buck River
• Bumps River
• Bungay River
• Burnshirt River
• Canoe River
• Castle Neck River
• Cedar Swamp River
• Centerville River
• Charles River
• Chickley River
• Chicopee River
• Childs River
• Chockalog River
• Clam River
• Cochato River
• Cochichewick River
• Cold River
• Cole River
• Concord River
• Connecticut River
• Coonamesset River
• Copicut River
• Cotley River
• Cranberry River
• Crooked River
• Deerfield River
• Drinkwater River
• Duck Hill River
• Eagle Hill River
• East Branch Green River
• East Branch Housatonic River
• East Branch Mill River
• East Branch Neponset River
• East Branch North River
• East Branch Palmer River
• East Branch Salmon Brook
• East Branch Sippican River
• East Branch Swift River
• East Branch Tully River
• East Branch Ware River
• East Branch Westport River
• East Brookfield River
• East Meadow River
• Eel River
• Egypt River
• Essex River
• Fall River
• Farm River
• Farmington River, East and West Branches
• Fivemile River
• Forest River
• Forge River
• Fort River
• French River
• Fresh River
• Green River
• Hockomock River
• Hoosic River/Hoosac River
• Housatonic River
• Indian Head River
• Indian River
• Ipswich River
• Jones River
• Keene River
• Kickamuit River
• Konkapot River
• Lees River
• Little Pamet River
• Little River
• Little Wood Island River
• Long Pond River
• Mad River
• Malden River
• Manhan River
• Marstons Mill River
• Mashpee River
• Matfield River
• Mattapoisett River
• Merrimack River
• Middle Branch Swift River
• Middle Branch Westfield River
• Middle River
• Miles River
• Mill River
• Millers River
• Mitchell River
• Monatiquot River
• Muddy River
• Mumford River
• Mystic River
• Nashua River
• Nasketucket River
• Nemasket River
• Neponset River
• Nissitissit River
• North Branch Hoosic River
• North Branch Manhan River
• North Branch Mill River
• North Branch Millers River
• North Branch Swift River
• North Nashua River
• North River (Deerfield River)
• North River (Massachusetts Bay)
• Old Swamp River
• Otter River
• Oyster Pond River
• Palmer River
• Pamet River
• Parker River
• Parkers River
• Paskamanset River
• Peters River
• Pine Point River
• Pines River
• Plymouth River
• Pocasset River
• Poor Meadow Brook
• Powwow River
• Prince 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
• Santuit River
• Satucket River
• Saugus River
• Sawmill River
• Sevenmile River
• Scantic River
• Segreganset River
• Seven Mile River
• Shawsheen River
• Shingle Island River
• Shumatuscacant River
• Sippican River
• Skug River
• Snake River
• South Branch Mill River
• South Branch Souhegan River
• South Fork Little River
• South River
• Southwest Branch Housatonic River
• Spicket River
• Squannacook River
• Still River
• Stillwater River
• Stop River
• Stream River
• Sudbury River
• Swan Pond River
• Swift River (Ware River)
• Swift River (Westfield River)
• Sudbury River
• Taunton River
• Ten Mile River
• Three Mile River
• Tiasquam River
• Town Brook
• Town River
• Tully River
• Umpachene River
• Wading River
• Wankinco River
• Ware River
• Wareham River
• Weir River
• West Branch Charles River
• West Branch Farmington River
• West Branch Fever Brook
• West Branch Green River
• West Branch Housatonic River
• West Branch Mill River
• West Branch North River
• West Branch Palmer River
• West Branch Sippican River
• West Branch Swift River
• West Branch Tully River
• West Branch Ware River
• West Branch Westfield River
• West Branch Westport River
• West River
• Westfield River
• Westport River
• Weweantic River
• Weymouth Back River
• Whiting River
• Whitman River
• Wild Harbor River
• Williams River
• Winnetuxet River

[edit] References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• Professor Higbee's Stream Map of New England. (1995). Vivid Publishing, Inc..

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