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in northern

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in the

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. It is a tributary of the

Upper Ammonoosuc River The Upper Ammonoosuc River is a tributary of the Connecticut River that flows through Coös County in the northern part of the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire. Despite its name, the river is not an upstream portion of the Ammonoosuc Riv ...

and part of the Connecticut River watershed. Nearly the entire length of the North Branch is in the town of

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. The river briefly enters the city of

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, where it passes through Head Pond, then heads north back into Milan, running parallel to the Upper Ammonoosuc until the two rivers join in the village of West Milan. 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, ...

, just three miles to the east, flows parallel to the two Upper Ammonoosuc branches, but in the opposite direction. The

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follows the North Branch from Head Pond to West Milan.

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Rivers of New Hampshire Tributaries of the Connecticut River Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-river-stub

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