Taunton River Watershed
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The Taunton River Watershed or Taunton River Basin is made up of 562 miles of rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands in southeastern Massachusetts, USA. It's the second biggest watershed in the state. Also, it's a significant part of a much larger multi-state watershed, which is the Narragansett Bay Watershed.
The Taunton River Watershed is mostly situated in Bristol County, while some portions of it extends into parts of southern Suffolk County and western Plymouth County.
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[edit] Composition
The Taunton River Watershed's makeup:
- 7 species of freshwater mussels
- 27 different habitat types
- 29 species of native fish
- 114 species of birds
- 173 canoeable river miles
- 221 lakes and ponds
- 16,800-acre Hockomock Swamp
[edit] Environmental advocacy
This is an incomplete list of environmental groups and organizations that advocate protecting, by legislation and grants, for the Taunton River Watershed:
- Sheehan Family Foundation Grant
- Taunton River Watershed Alliance
- Taunton River Wild and Scenic Rivers Study
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Sheehan Family Foundation Grant Official Home Page
- American Rivers site on the Taunton River.
- Taunton River Stewardship Program: The Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts Official Home Page
- Taunton River Watershed Alliance Official Home Page
- University of Rhode Island: Taunton River Watershed critical resource atlas.
- TauntonRiver.org (The Taunton River Wild & Scenic River Study) Official Home Page
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Taunton River Watershed |
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| Main river | |
| Tributaries |
Assonet River · Canoe River · Cedar Swamp River · Cocasset River · Cotley River · Forge River · Hockomock River · Matfield River · Mill River · Nemasket River · Rumford River · Salisbury Plain River · Satucket River · Segreganset River · Snake River · Taunton River · Three Mile River · Town River · Wading River · Winnetuxet River |
| Lakes/Ponds |
Assawompset Pond · Great Quittacas Pond · Little Quittacas Pond · Lake Nippenicket · Norton Reservoir · Lake Mirimichi · Lake Rico · Lake Sabbatia · Leach Pond · Long Pond · Pocksha Pond · Somerset Reservoir · Turnpike Lake · Watson Pond · Winnecunnet Pond |
| Miscellaneous |
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