Little Massabesic Brook and Sucker Brook form a
stream
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located in southern
New Hampshire
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in the
United States
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. They are
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...
of
Massabesic Lake
Lake Massabesic or Massabesic Lake is a lake in southern New Hampshire, United States, covering about (equivalent to about ) within the city of Manchester and the town of Auburn. Because it provides drinking water for Manchester, swimming and wate ...
, part of the
Merrimack River
The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mas ...
and
Gulf of Maine
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watersheds. Despite the streams' short length, they are subject to the New Hampshire Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act, because of their fourth-order stream status (indicating a high number of upstream tributary sets).
[Strahler, A. N. (1952). "Dynamic basis of geomorphology". ''Geological Society of America Bulletin'', 63, 923-938.]
Little Massabesic Brook begins at the outlet of Little Massabesic Lake in
Auburn, New Hampshire
Auburn is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,946 at the 2020 census, up from 4,953 at the 2010 census.
History
Auburn was originally settled by Native Americans in 1624. It was a fishing settlemen ...
, and flows west to Clark Pond Brook. At this juncture, the stream changes name to Sucker Brook and flows south, past the village proper of Auburn, and enters Massabesic Lake.
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
Tributaries of the Merrimack River
Rivers of New Hampshire
Auburn, New Hampshire
Rivers of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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