The Cocasset River is a small
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
Foxborough, Massachusetts. It flows approximately 4.7 miles (7.5 km) in a southwesterly direction to where it joins the
Wading River near Green Street. It is a
tributary
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 drai ...
of the
Taunton River.
[USGS Quadrangle Map]
See also
*
Taunton River Watershed
References
Rivers of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Taunton River watershed
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Rivers of Massachusetts
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