The Waits River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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accessed April 1, 2011 river in eastern Vermont in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Wait's River" and as "Ma-houn-quam-mas-see." The Waits River Formation is a rock unit named after the river since it underlies most of the river. The Waits River rises in southwestern Caledonia County, Vermont, Caledonia County in the town of Groton, Vermont, Groton and shortly enters Orange County, Vermont, Orange County, where it flows generally southeastwardly through the towns of Orange, Vermont, Orange, Topsham, Vermont, Topsham, Corinth, Vermont, Corinth and Bradford (town), Vermont, Bradford, to the Bradford (village), Vermont, village of Bradford where it joins the Connecticut River.DeLorme (1996). ''Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. In the town of Bradford, it collects a short stream known as the South Branch Waits River, which flows eastwardly from Corinth. Further upstream, just south of the village of East Corinth, the Waits collects another tributary known as the Tabor Branch Waits River. The Tabor rises in the northwestern section of the Town of Topsham in an area known as "The Territory" as two smaller branches and flows southeasterly to the village of East Topsham, then southerly toward and through East Corinth.

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Rivers of Vermont Bodies of water of Caledonia County, Vermont Rivers of Orange County, Vermont Tributaries of the Connecticut River {{Vermont-river-stub

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