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Nashua River Main Stem
Land Area: 65.8
sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Bolton, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Pepperell, and Shirley
MA; Hollis and Nashua, NH
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Flints Brook
Primary Municipality:
Hollis, NH
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Nissitissit River
Land Area:
60.5 sq miles or ~ 38,764 acres
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Squanacook River
Land Area:
73 square miles or ~ 46,720 acres
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Falulah/Baker Brook
Land Area:
16 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Fitchburg
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North Nashua River
Land Area:
65.8 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Fitchburg, Leominster and Lancaster
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South Nashua River
Land Area:
12.6 sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Clinton, Lancaster, Sterling
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Quinapoxet River
Land Area:
57 sq miles or 35,463 acres
Primary Municipalities:
Holden, Princeton, Rutland
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Still River
Land Area:
5.5 sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Bolton
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Stillwater River
Land Area:
39.3 square miles or 23,401 acres
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Whitman River
Land Area:
28.25 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Ashburnham, Westminster
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Bowers/Nonacoicus Brook
Land Area:
18.8 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Harvard, Ayer
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Catacunemaug Brook
Land Area:
20 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Lunenburg, Shirley
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Fall Brook
Land Area:
7.2 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Leominster
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Flag Brook
Land Area: 12.6
square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Westminster
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James Brook
Land Area:
4.3 sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Groton, Ayer
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Monoosnoc Brook
Land Area:
11.4 square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Leominster
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Mulpus Brook
Land Area:
15.9 sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Lunenburg, Shirley
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Phillips Brook
Land Area: 15.8
square miles
Primary Municipalities:
Ashburnham, Westminster and Fitchburg
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Unkety Brook
Land Area:
6.9 sq miles
Primary Municipalities:
Dunstable, Groton
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Wekepeke Brook
Land Area:
11.5 square miles
Primary Municipality:
Sterling
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Wachusett Reservoir
Land Area:
21.7 square miles or 16,024 acres
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The Nasua River Watershed is
comprised of 22 sub-basins. Citizens in the Nashua River watershed
depend on these sub-basins for drinking water, recreation, waste
removal, and aesthetics. Plants and animals also depend on them.
In order to protect aquatic
habitats and waterways from degradation, it is essential that watershed
residents understand the connection between land use, water quality,
and aquatic habitat.
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