The West Branch of the Little Magalloway River is a
river
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in northern
New Hampshire
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and northwestern
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
in the
United States
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. It is a tributary of the
Middle Branch Little Magalloway River, located in 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, ...
watershed of
Maine
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and New Hampshire.
The West Branch rises in
Pittsburg, New Hampshire, north of Stub Hill, the highest point in Pittsburg. The
brook
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-sized river drops to the east into Maine, descending another 700 feet before joining the Middle Branch of the Little Magalloway a short distance upstream from
Aziscohos Lake
The Magalloway River is a river in northwestern Maine and northern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine, near the Atlantic Ocean. The total ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Maine
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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 Kennebec River
Rivers of Oxford County, Maine
Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire
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