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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.
By drainage basin
editGulf of Maine north of Cape Ann
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- Merrimack River
- Parker River
- Rowley River
- Eagle Hill River
- Ipswich River
- Castle Neck River
- Essex River
- Annisquam River
- Charles River
- Neponset River
- Canton River, a.k.a. East Branch Neponset River
- Mother Brook
- Weymouth Fore River
- Weymouth Back River
- Weir River
- Bound Brook (In 1640, Bound Brook formed the border between the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.)
- North River
- South River
- Taunton River
- Lees River
- Cole River
- Kickemuit River
- Warren River (Rhode Island)
- Barrington River (Rhode Island)
- Palmer River
- 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
- Middle River
- Thames River (Connecticut)
- Shetucket River (Connecticut)
- Connecticut River
- Farmington River (Connecticut)
- East Branch Farmington River (Connecticut)
- West Branch Farmington River
- Scantic River
Westfield River watershed - Westfield River
- Mill River (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Chicopee River
- Stony Brook
- Manhan River
- Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
- Fort River
- Mill River (Hatfield, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Hadley, Massachusetts)
- Sawmill River
- Deerfield River
- Fall River (Connecticut River tributary)
- Millers River
- Farmington River (Connecticut)
- Hudson River (New York)
Alphabetically
edit- Aaron River
- Abbott Run
- Aberjona River
- Acushnet River
- Agawam River
- Alewife Brook
- Andrews River
- Annisquam River
- Artichoke River
- Assabet River
- Assonet River
- Back River (Buzzards Bay)
- Back River (Lake Attitash)
- Back River (Massachusetts Bay)
- Back River (Merrimack River tributary)
- Back River (Powwow River tributary)
- Barrington River
- Bass River (Danvers River tributary)
- Bass River (Nantucket Sound)
- Batchelor Brook
- 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 Meadow 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 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 (Connecticut River tributary)
- Fall River (Farmington River tributary)
- Farm River
- Five Mile River
- Forest River
- Forge River
- Fort River
- French River
- Fresh River
- Great Brook (Westfield River tributary)
- Green Harbor River
- Green River (Cold River tributary)
- Green River (Deerfield River tributary)
- Green River (Hoosic River tributary)
- Green River (Housatonic River tributary)
- Herring River
- Hockomock River
- Hoosic River/Hoosac River
- Housatonic River
- Hubbard River
- Indian Head River
- Indian River
- Ipswich River
- Jones River (Annisquam River tributary)
- Jones River (Kingston Bay)
- Keene River
- Kettle Brook
- Kickemuit River
- Kinderhook Creek
- Konkapot River
- Lees River
- Little Pamet River
- Little River (Alewife Brook tributary)
- Little River (Annisquam River tributary)
- Little River (Blackwater River tributary)
- Little River (Cotuit Bay)
- Little River (French River tributary)
- Little River (Merrimack River tributary)
- Little River (Parker River tributary)
- Little River (Slocums River tributary)
- Little River (Westfield River, North)
- Little River (Westfield River, South)
- 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 (Annisquam River tributary)
- Mill River (Charles River tributary)
- Mill River (Hadley, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Hatfield, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Massachusetts–Rhode Island)
- Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Parker River tributary)
- Mill River (Saugus River tributary)
- Mill River (Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (Taunton River tributary)
- Mill River (Weymouth Back 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 Hoosic River
- North Branch Manhan River
- North Branch Mill River
- North Branch Millers River
- North Branch Swift River
- North Nashua River
- North River (Danvers River tributary)
- North River (Deerfield River tributary)
- North River (Massachusetts Bay)
- Old Swamp River
- Otter River
- Oyster Pond River
- Palmer River
- Pamet River
- Parker River
- Parkers River
- Paskamanset River
- Peters River
- Phillips Brook
- Pine Point River
- Pines River
- Plymouth River
- Pocasset River
- Poor Meadow Brook
- Powwow River
- Priest Brook
- Prince River
- Quaboag River
- Quashnet River
- Quequechan River
- Quinapoxet River
- Quinebaug River
- Quinsigamond River
- Quiquechan River
- Red River
- Roger Island River
- Rowley River
- Rumford River
- Runnins River
- Salisbury Plain River
- Salmon Brook
- Santuit River
- Satucket River
- Saugus River
- Sawmill River
- Scantic River
- Schneelock Brook
- Seapit River
- Segreganset River
- Seven Mile River (East Brookfield River tributary)
- Sevenmile River (Tenmile River tributary)
- 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 Nashua River
- South River (Deerfield River tributary)
- South River (Massachusetts Bay)
- Southwest Branch Housatonic River
- Spicket River
- Squannacook River
- Still River
- Stillwater River
- Stony Brook
- Stop River
- Stream River
- Sudbury River
- Swan Pond River
- Swift River (Ware River tributary)
- Swift River (Westfield River tributary)
- Sudbury River
- Taunton River
- Ten Mile River
- Three Mile River
- Tiasquam River
- Town Brook
- Town River
- Tully River
- Umpachene River
- Wading River
- Walker Brook
- Wankinco River
- Ware River
- Wareham River
- Weir River
- West Branch Charles River
- West Branch Farmington River
- 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
- Weymouth Fore River
- Whiting River
- Whitman River
- Wild Harbor River
- Williams River
- Winnetuxet River
See also
editReferences
edit- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- Professor Higbee's Stream Map of New England. (1995). Vivid Publishing, Inc..
External links
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Media related to Rivers of Massachusetts at Wikimedia Commons
- "Assessment Data for the State of Massachusetts Year 2006", Environmental Protection Agency.