Sunday River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
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river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in Oxford County,

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in the

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. It is a tributary of the

Androscoggin River The Androscoggin River ( Abenaki: ''Aləssíkαntekʷ'') is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, ...

, which flows east and south to join the Kennebec River in

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near the

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. Sunday River flows from headwaters near Mount Carlo in the Mahoosuc Range. The river flows east, collecting the waters of tributaries including the South Branch Sunday River, Bull Branch, Miles Notch Brook, Goose Eye Brook, Jordan Brook, Merrill Brook, Simons Brook, and others. Most of these tributaries flow southeast from the Mahoosucs. A few flow north from Bear Mountain. The Sunday River joins the Androscoggin River a few miles north of the village of Bethel. The lower of Sunday River is known for canoeing. The river is rocky and swift, and contains class II-III rapids. Near the confluence of the Sunday River and the Androscoggin River is the Sunday River Ski Resort.

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Tributaries of the Kennebec River Rivers of Maine Rivers of Oxford County, Maine {{Maine-river-stub