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The Little Cold River is a stream in western
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in the
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, flowing through the foothills of the White Mountains.New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
/ref> It is a tributary of the Cold River, part of the
Saco River The Saco River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Sαkóhki'') is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, Maine, Portland ...
watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
. The river begins in
Chatham, New Hampshire Chatham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 341 at the 2020 census. It is located in the White Mountains, and except for the southeast corner, all of Chatham is in the White Mountain National Forest. The ...
, at the junction of McDonough Brook and Watson Brook. Flowing east, the river enters Maine after only one-half mile. Turning more southeast, the river passes the village of
Stow Stow may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village * Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village * Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town * Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village * Stow ...
, reaching the Cold River one mile upstream from the latter river's end at Charles Pond in Fryeburg.


See also

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List of rivers of New Hampshire This is a list of rivers and significant streams in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. All watercourses named "River" (freshwater or tidal) are listed here, as well as other streams which are either subject to thNew Hampshire Comprehensive Shoreland ...


References

Rivers of Maine Rivers of New Hampshire Saco River Rivers of Oxford County, Maine Rivers of Carroll County, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-river-stub