West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River
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The West Branch of the Upper Ammonoosuc River is a New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
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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 northern
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. It is a tributary of the Upper Ammonoosuc River and part of the Connecticut River watershed. For most of its length, it is within the
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. The West Branch rises in the township of Kilkenny, New Hampshire, in a basin on the east side of Mount Cabot, the highest peak in the Pilot Range. The river flows east into
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, passing the Berlin National Fish Hatchery at York Pond before joining the Upper Ammonoosuc River.


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List of New Hampshire rivers 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 ...


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