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Nashua River Basin; River system Drainage area Communities Stillwater River: 39.3 square miles (102 km 2) Princeton, Leominster, Sterling, and West Boylston, Massachusetts: Quinapoxet River: 57 square miles (150 km 2) Princeton, Rutland, Paxton, Holden, and West Boylston, Massachusetts: North Nashua River
The flow of the tributaries is a piece of the evidence that the Nashua River used to flow south. The river’s course was reversed as the edge of the last ice age glacier melted away, leaving Glacial Lake Nashua to drain to the north.
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In the case of the Nashua River, the watershed includes all of the land draining water to the Nashua River, which meets the Merrimack River in Nashua, New Hampshire. The Nashua River watershed can be divided into four major aggregate subwatersheds: North Nashua River, Wachusett Reservoir, Nashua River mainstem, and the Squannacook and ...
The Nissitissit River from its headwaters in Brookline, New Hampshire, to the confluence of the river with the Nashua River in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
Nashua River Watershed Statistics. Total Drainage Area: 538 sq. mi. MA Total Drainage Area: 454 sq. mi. NH Total Drainage Area: 74 sq. mi Total River Length: 56 mi. MA Total River Length: 46 mi. Total Forest Area 62.6% Total Residential Area 13.3% Total Agricultural Area 11.9% Major Tributaries: Squannacook, Nissitissit,
The flow of the tributaries is a piece of the evidence that the Nashua River used to flow south. The river’s course was reversed as the edge of the last ice age glacier melted away, leaving Glacial Lake Nashua to drain to the north.
Total Drainage Area: 538 square miles. Massachusetts Drainage Area: 454 square miles. New Hampshire Drainage Area: 74 square miles. Total Length of Nashua River: 56 miles. Massachusetts Total Length of Nashua River: 46 miles. New Hampshire Total Length of Nashua River: 10 miles.
