Salmon Brook is one of the six major tributaries 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 M ...
in northeastern
Massachusetts
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in the
United States
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. Its watershed is and is one of the 14 subwatersheds of the Merrimack River. It passes through
Dunstable, Massachusetts
Dunstable ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,358 at the 2020 census.
Etymology
Dunstable was named after its sister town Dunstable, England. There are several theories concerning its modern name ...
, and
Nashua, New Hampshire.
Route description
Salmon Brook begins at the outlet of Lower Massapoag Pond near the center of Dunstable.
It then flows approximately north-northeast to the Merrimack River. The water body farthest upstream in the watershed is
Martins Pond
Martins Pond is a lake in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
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just east of the center of the town of
Groton. The outlet, Martins Pond Brook, runs southeast to
Lost Lake/
Knops Pond, the start of a chain of lakes that includes Whitney Pond, Cow Pond, and Upper and Lower Massapoag ponds. All of these water bodies are dammed. Salmon Brook runs roughly parallel to the
Nashua River
The Nashua River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the United States. It i ...
for its entire course from Lower Massapoag Pond to the Merrimack River.
See also
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List of rivers of Massachusetts
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 travellin ...
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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 Shorelan ...
References
Tributaries of the Merrimack River
Rivers of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Rivers of New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
Rivers of Massachusetts
Rivers of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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