The West Branch Ellis River is a
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Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
. It is a tributary of the
Ellis River, which flows to 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, ...
and ultimately to the
Kennebec River near its mouth at the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
The West Branch rises north of Baldpate Mountain and flows east into the town of
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
*Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
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* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Andove ...
, where it joins the main branch of the Ellis River southeast of the town center. For nearly its entire course it is followed by Upton Road, which connects Andover and
Maine Route 5 with
Maine Route 26 in the town of
Upton.
See also
*
List of rivers of Maine
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People
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References
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Maine Streamflow Data from the USGSMaine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
Tributaries of the Kennebec River
Rivers of Maine
Rivers of Oxford County, Maine
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