List of riverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water...
s in MassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...
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U.S. stateA U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...
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All Massachusetts rivers flow to the
Atlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres , it covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface and about one-quarter of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to the Atlas of Greek...
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drainage basinA drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean...
from north to south, with respective
tributariesA tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body...
alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.
Gulf of MaineThe Gulf of Maine is a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean on the northeastern coast of North America.It is delineated by Cape Cod at the eastern tip of Massachusetts in the southwest and Cape Sable at the southern tip of Nova Scotia in the northeast. It includes the entire coastlines of the U.S...
north of Cape AnnCape Ann is a rocky peninsula in northeastern Massachusetts on the Atlantic Ocean. The cape is located approximately 30 miles northeast of Boston and forms the northern edge of Massachusetts Bay...
- Merrimack River
The Merrimack River is a -long river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...
- Back River (Newburyport)
- Back River (Merrimac, Massachusetts)
- Beaver Brook
Beaver Brook is a river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Cochichewick River
The Cochichewick River, also known as Cochichewick Brook, is a stream near North Andover, Massachusetts that drains water from Lake Cochichewick into the Merrimack River.- Early history :...
- Concord River
The Concord River is a tributary of the Merrimack River in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The river, approximately 15 mi long, drains a small rural and suburban region northwest of Boston. One of the most famous small rivers in U.S...
- Assabet River
The Assabet River is a small river about 20 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts. The , headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural and recreational features of the Assabet River and its...
- Sudbury River
The Sudbury River is located in Middlesex County in Massachusetts.Originating in the Cedar Swamp in Westborough, Massachusetts near the boundary with Hopkinton; it meanders for 32 miles to the confluence with the Assabet River in Concord, Massachusetts to form the Concord River. It has a 162 square...
- East Meadow River
- Indian River
- Little River
The Little River is a 12.9 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Nashua River
The Nashua River, 37.5 miles long, is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the United States. It is formed in eastern Worcester County, Massachusetts, by junction of its north and south branches near Lancaster, and flows generally north-northeast past Groton to...
- Nissitissit River
The Nissitissit River is a 10.5 mile long river located in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Nashua River, itself a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine...
- North Nashua River
- Quinapoxet River
The Quinapoxet River is part of the Nashua River watershed. It is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority water system supplying drinking water to the greater Boston area. It is part of the Nashua River Watershed....
- Squannacook River
The Squannacook River is a river in northern Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Nashua River and part of the Nashua River Watershed.The river rises in West Townsend, Massachusetts, at the juncture of Walker Brook, Locke Brook, and Willard Brook. Walker and Locke Brooks rise in Greenville, New...
- Still River
- Stillwater River
The Stillwater River is part of the Nashua River watershed. This river is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority system that supplies drinking water to the greater Boston area....
- Powwow River
The Powwow River is a 22.8 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Back River (Powwow River)
The Back River is a 6.5 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Powwow River, part of the Merrimack River watershed...
- Salmon Brook
Salmon Brook is one of the 6 major tributaries of the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts in the United States. Its watershed is and is one of the 14 subwatersheds of the Merrimack River. It passes through Groton, Dunstable, and Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and then through Nashua, New...
- Shawsheen River
The Shawsheen River is a tributary of the Merrimack River in northeast Massachusetts. The name has had various spellings. According to Bailey's history of Andover, the spelling Shawshin was the most common in the old records, although Shawshine, Shashin, Shashine, Shashene, Shawshene, and later,...
- Souhegan River (NH)
- South Branch Souhegan River
The South Branch of the Souhegan River is a 5.8 mile long river located in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire in the United States...
- Spicket River
The Spicket River is a 17.7 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Parker River
- Rowley River
The Rowley River is a small river between Ipswich and Rowley, Massachusetts.The river lies within in the estuary of Plum Island Sound, and is formed by the confluence of the Egypt River and Muddy Run in Ipswich, with numerous tributaries in the estuary...
- Egypt River
Egypt River is a stream in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States, located at .Egypt River is formed by the confluence of the Bull and Dow brooks below their reservoirs, and in turn joins the Muddy River and then the Rowley River, which empties into the Plum Island Sound...
- Muddy Run (Ipswich, Massachusetts)
- Roger Island River
The Roger Island River is a small tidal estuary between Ipswich and Rowley, Massachusetts. It is a southern branch of the larger Rowley River passing around Roger Island....
- Eagle Hill River
The Eagle Hill River is a small river in Ipswich, Massachusetts.The river arises within salt marshes just north of Ipswich, and empties into the Plum Island Sound. Broad and shallow, its total length is approximately 2 miles.See also: Bagwell Island....
- Ipswich River
Ipswich River is a small river in northeastern Massachusetts, USA. Its watershed is approximately and the estimated population in the area is 160,000 people. - Geography :The river is formed by the junction of Lubber and Maple Meadow brooks in Wilmington...
- Miles River
- Martins Brook
- Skug River
The Skug River, said to be a misspelling of Skunk River, is a small river in North Andover and North Reading, Massachusetts that forms part of the Ipswich River watershed....
- Castle Neck River
- Essex River
- Annisquam River
The Annisquam River is a tidal, salt-water estuary in Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts, connecting Annisquam Harbor on the north to Gloucester Harbor on the south. The segment between Gloucester Harbor and the Boston and Maine railroad bridge is also known as the Blynman Canal.The river is...
Massachusetts BayThe Massachusetts Bay, also called Mass Bay, is one of the large bays of the Atlantic Ocean that form the distinctive shape of the coastline of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Its waters extend 65 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts Bay includes the Boston Harbor, Dorchester Bay, Quincy...
- Danvers River
- Forest River
- Saugus River
The Saugus River is a river in Massachusetts.The river is 13 miles long, drains a watershed of approximately 47 square miles, and passes through Wakefield, Lynnfield, Saugus, and Lynn as it meanders east and south from its source in Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield to its mouth at Boston Broad Sound...
- Mystic River
The Mystic River is the name of a short river in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Its name derives from the Wampanoag word "muhs-uhtuq", which translates to "big river". It lies to the north of and flows approximately parallel to the lower portions of the Charles River.Mystic...
- Aberjona River
The Aberjona River is a short , heavily urbanized river in the northwestern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.The river arises in Reading, flows roughly south through Woburn and Winchester, and empties into the Mystic Lakes...
- Malden River
The Malden River is a short, roughly 2 mile long river that is located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is roughly 675 feet at its widest point and is very narrow at its smallest point. Its banks are largely occupied by industrial business and the river is scarcely used or even mentioned...
- Charles River
The Charles River is a river in Massachusetts, USA. It travels through 22 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts, from Hopkinton to Boston on the Atlantic Ocean.-Route:...
- Mill River
- Stop River
The Stop River is a low and marshy stream in Medfield, Massachusetts, and partly forming the border between Norfolk and Walpole. The river rises near Highland Lake in Walpole, flows northwards to join the Charles River in Medfield, and ultimately drains into Boston Harbor.The Medfield Rhododendrons...
- West Branch Charles River
- Neponset River
The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The headwaters of the Neponset are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough, near the Gillette Stadium...
- East Branch Neponset River
- Weymouth Fore River
Weymouth Fore River is a small bay or estuary in eastern Massachusetts and is part of the Massachusetts Bay watershed.The headwater of Weymouth Fore River is formed by the confluence of the Monatiquot River and Smelt Brook in the Weymouth Landing area of Braintree...
- Monatiquot River
The Monatiquot River is a short river in Braintree, Massachusetts, formed by the confluence of the Farm River and Cochato River, flowing in swampy meanders to the northeast, and emptying into the tidal Weymouth Fore River estuary. Its drainage area is 28.7 square miles.The river was a key aspect...
- Cochato River
The Cochato River is a stream rising from Avon, Massachusetts and running several miles north to its confluence with the Monatiquot River in Braintree. It is part of the Weymouth Fore River watershed and empties into Boston Harbor....
- Farm River
- Weymouth Back River
The Weymouth Back River, sometimes called Back River, is a short, primarily tidal river in Hingham and Weymouth, Massachusetts, about south of Boston...
- Weir River
- Bound Brook In 1640 Bound Brook formed the border between the Massachusetts Bay
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston...
and PlymouthPlymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts...
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- North River
The North River is a river, approximately 8 miles long, in eastern Massachusetts, the United States. It is primarily a tidal river, formed by the confluence of the Indian Head River and the Drinkwater River. The North River forms the boundary between the towns of Norwell and Pembroke,...
- East Branch North River
- Indian Head River
The Indian Head River is located on the Hanover, Pembroke border in Massachusetts, United States, and covers about . It was probably a fishing and travel spot for Wompatuck Indians....
- West Branch North River
- South River
Cape Cod BayCape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to the west; to the north of Cape Cod Bay lie Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Cod Bay is the...
- Back River (Massachusetts Bay)
- Duck Hill River
- Great Wood Island River
- Little Wood Island River
- Pine Point River
- Bluefish River
- Jones River
The Jones River is a small river running through Kingston, Massachusetts. The river itself covers about , has its source in Silver Lake and drains into Kingston Bay. Land surrounding the river is 52% forested, of which 22% has been developed for residential use...
- Town Brook
Town Brook is a stream in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its headwaters are the Billington Sea, a freshwater pond. The brook passes through numerous small ponds, including Deep Water Pond and Jenny Pond. It also passes by the Jenney Grist Mill and the Brewster Gardens before emptying into Plymouth...
- Eel River
The Eel River is a 3.9 mile river mostly in the village of Chiltonville in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its headwaters are springs and small ponds above Russell Millpond. Its watershed encompasses approximately 15 square miles...
- Boat Meadow River
- Pamet River
The Pamet River is a river in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is named for the Paomet tribe.The river is primarily salt marsh, flows west nearly all the way across Cape Cod from its eastern beaches, and empties into Cape Cod Bay. It lies a few miles south of the Little Pamet River....
- Little Pamet River
The Little Pamet River is a short river in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.The river arises in wetlands, flows west for about one mile, and drains into Cape Cod Bay. The nearby Pamet River lies a few miles to the south....
- Herring River (5 streams, all on Cape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to as simply the Cape, and called Cape of Keel by early Norse explorers, is a peninsula in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States. It is coextensive with Barnstable County...
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Nantucket SoundNantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west. Between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the...
- Mitchell River
The Mitchell River is a very short river in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is an estuary connecting Mill Pond to Stage Harbor....
- Oyster Pond River
Oyster Pond River, also called Oyster Creek, is a short river in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.The river is an estuary connecting Oyster Pond with Stage Harbor, averaging 3 to 5 feet in depth and bordered with salt marshes. Both river and pond provide excellent anchorage...
- Andrews River
- Swan Pond River
- Bass River
right|200px|thumb|Windmill Beach in South Yarmouth MABass River is an estuary and village in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. The estuary separates the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis at the central, southern sections of the towns. At its widest and most southerly point, it opens to and...
- Parkers River
- Centerville River
- Bumps River
The Bumps River is a small river in Centerville, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Centerville River....
- Marstons Mill River
- Santuit River
The Santuit River, also known as the Cotuit River, is a short river on the border between Mashpee, Massachusetts and Cotuit, Massachusetts on Cape Cod....
- Mashpee River
The Mashpee River is a short tidal river on Cape Cod in Mashpee, Massachusetts.The river arises in Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds, flows south a short distance, and drains into Pirate's Cove on Popponesset Bay on the Nantucket Sound...
- Quashnet River
The Quashnet River, also known as Quoshnet River or Moonakis River, is an estuary in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Its area is about 1 square mile....
- Childs River
The Childs River, also known as Child's River, is a short river near Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Its drainage area is about 1 square mile. It has been heavily impacted by the development of cranberry bogs in its upper reaches....
- Coonamesset River
The Coonamesset River is a river in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The river has its headwaters in the Coonamessett Pond, flows generally south to Great Pond estuary, and empties into the Vineyard Sound just east of Falmouth Heights. The river is shallow running through old glacial deposits...
Buzzards BayBuzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is approximately 28 miles long by 8 miles wide. It is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and tourism. Since 1914, Buzzards Bay has been connected to Cape Cod Bay by the Cape Cod Canal...
- Wild Harbor River
- Pocasset River
The Pocasset River is a small, tidal river and estuary on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, in Bourne, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The river flows westward through wetlands with a total length of about 1 km....
- Wareham River
- Agawam River
The Agawam River is a stream in southeastern Massachusetts, USA, that is part of the Wareham River estuary. It was also formerly the name of the lower section of the Westfield River in western Massachusetts....
- Broad Marsh River
- Crooked River
The Crooked River is a small tributary of the Wareham River located entirely within the town of Wareham, Massachusetts . Its source is found in salt marshes and cranberry bogs east of Indian Neck Road, and its mouth empties into the Wareham River opposite Swifts Neck...
- Wankinco River
The Wankinco River is a river in eastern Massachusetts and a tributary of the Wareham River, which drains into Buzzards Bay.Although now spelled Wankinco, it was previously written as Wankinquoah, which may have been derived from Wonqun, meaning "crooked".The Wankinco River originates at East Head...
- Weweantic River
The Weweantic River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts. Its name means "crooked" or "wandering stream" in the Wampanoag language.The river arises in wetlands in Carver, meanders generally south through swampy birch and maple forests in Middleborough and Rochester, and drains into a Buzzards...
- Sippican River
The Sippican River is a short river in Massachusetts, United States.The Sippican River is about 5 miles long, arising from east and west branches in the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion , and Rochester, Massachusetts...
- East Branch Sippican River
- West Branch Sippican River
- Mattapoisett River
The Mattapoisett River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts, in the United States.The river begins at Snipatuit Pond in Rochester and flows generally southwards through Mattapoisett to empty into Mattapoisett Harbor, an arm of Buzzards Bay...
- Nasketucket River
The Nasketucket River is a small river arising in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and emptying about 3 miles downstream into Little Bay, a branch of Nasketucket Bay on Buzzards Bay....
- Acushnet River
The Acushnet River is the largest river flowing into Buzzards Bay in southeastern Massachusetts, in the United States. The name "Acushnet" comes from the Wampanoag or Algonquian word, "Cushnea", meaning "as far as the waters", a word that was used by the original owners of the land in describing...
- Slocums River
- Paskamanset River
The Paskamanset River, also known as the Paskamansett River, is a river in New Bedford and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Paskamanset and Slocums River really form just a single river but the fresh water portion kept its earlier Indian name, while the salt-water portion is named for its English...
- Westport River
The Westport River lies between Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts'. It is widely used for recreation and boating. It is regarded as a difficult river to enter, and local knowledge is required.- Wildlife :...
- East Branch Westport River
- Shingle Island River
- Copicut River
The Copicut River, or Copecut River, is long stream in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.The river flows south from Copicut Reservoir , in Dartmouth and Fall River, to Cornell Pond near Hixville in Dartmouth...
- West Branch Westport River
Narragansett BayNarragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound. Covering 147 mi
2 , the Bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor, and includes a small archipelago...
- Taunton River
The Taunton River , is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater...
- Assonet River
The Assonet River is a major tributary of the Taunton River in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States.-Description:The mouth of the river forms approximately between Winslow Point in Assonet, Massachusetts and Conspiracy Island in Berkley, Massachusetts.At its mouth, the Assonet River also...
- Canoe River
The Canoe River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts. It is 16 miles long, and a tributary of the Taunton River.The Canoe River arises from headwaters near Lake Massapoag in Sharon, and meanders generally southwards through the towns of Sharon, Foxborough, Mansfield, and Easton to empty into...
- Cotley River
- Forge River
The Forge River is a small river in the village of Raynham Center , within the town of Raynham in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows south from the Tracy Corner neighborhood into the Taunton River....
- Matfield River
The Matfield River is a small river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It flows south from the town of East Bridgewater and into the confluence of the Town River and Taunton River....
- Salisbury Plain River
- Satucket River
The Satucket River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts within the Taunton River Watershed. It flows generally west from Robbins Pond in Halifax, and into the Matfield River....
- Poor Meadow Brook
Poor Meadow Brook is a 7.2 mile stream within the Taunton River Watershed in southeastern Massachusetts. The stream runs from a wetland near County Street in Hanson to the confluence with the Satucket River in East Bridgewater.-External links:*...
- Shumatuscacant River
The Shumatuscacant River is a small river running through Abington and Whitman, Massachusetts. It forms part of the Taunton River Watershed....
- Mill River
- Nemasket River
The Nemasket River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows north from Assawompset Pond in Lakeville and through Middleborough where it empties into the Taunton River....
- Quequechan River
The Quequechan River , also known as the Quiquechan River, is a river in Fall River, Massachusetts that flows northwest to connect the South Watuppa Pond to the Taunton River...
- Segreganset River
The Segreganset River is a river that runs through the western portion of Taunton, Massachusetts.- See also :*Taunton *Taunton River*Taunton River Watershed...
- Three Mile River
- Rumford River
The Rumford River is a small river that begins within the town of Mansfield and empties out into the Norton Reservoir, within the town of Norton, in southeastern Massachusetts, USA....
- Wading River
The Wading River is a small river in the town of Norton, Massachusetts. It flows southwest from the Three Mile River and into Barrowsville Pond....
- Town River
The Town River is a river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It flows south from the Hockomock Swamp in the town of West Bridgewater and into the confluence of the Matfield River and Taunton River....
- Hockomock River
The Hockomock River is a stream in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Town River.Hockomock is said to mean "Place where Spirits Dwell" in the Wampanoag language. The river arises in the Hockomock Swamp, and flows south to its confluence with the Town River which eventually...
- Winnetuxet River
The Winnetuxet River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows west from an unnamed pond near Cole Mill in Carver, through Plympton and Halifax, to the Taunton River.-External links:*...
- Lees River
The Lees River or Lee's River, also known as the Lee River, is a short, tidal river that forms part of the boundary between Swansea and Somerset, Massachusetts. It flows south to drain into Mount Hope Bay....
- Cole River
- Kickamuit River
The Kickamuit River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island flowing approximately 6 km .-History:The river's name descends from a Narragansett dialect and has numerous spellings. As of 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency judged it too polluted for recreation...
- Warren River (RI)
- Barrington River (RI)
- Runnins River
The Runnins River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 14 km .-Course:The river begins in Seekonk, Massachusetts in the swamps east of Prospect Street, near Walker Street...
- Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 17 km .-Course:The river has two separate branches which converge near the intersection of Danforth Street and Winthrop Street The Palmer River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and...
- East Branch Palmer River
- West Branch Palmer River
- Seekonk River (RI)
- Blackstone River
The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 80 km and drains a watershed of approximately 1,400 km² .-History:...
- Abbott Run
Abbott Run is a de facto river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 16 km .-Course:The river rises from Miscoe Lake on the border of Wrentham, Massachusetts and Cumberland, Rhode Island, then flows south through Cumberland, Rhode Island where it provides...
- Branch River (RI)
- Clear River (RI)
- Nipmuc River (RI)
- Chockalog River
The Chockalog River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 4 km . Its name is said to mean "fox place".-Course:...
- Peters River
The Peters River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 16 km .-Course:The river rises from Curtis Pond in Bellingham, Massachusetts, flowing south through Bellingham and into Woonsocket, Rhode Island where is flows into the Blackstone...
- Middle River
- Mill River
The Mill River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 24 km .-Course:The river rises in Hopkinton/Milford/Upton, Massachusetts from Lake Masspenock near Interstate 495. From there, the river flows south through Hopkinton, then into Worcester County...
- Mumford River
The Mumford River is a river, about long, in south-central Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Blackstone River.The river rises in Douglas, flows east in a meandering path through a series of ponds , and joins the Blackstone River in Uxbridge...
- Quinsigamond River
The Quinsigamond River is a river in central Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Blackstone River and ultimately drains into Narragansett Bay....
- West River
The West River in Massachusetts, a tributary of the Blackstone River, originates in the towns of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts, near the Upton State Forest, at Silver Lake and Cider Mill Pond in Grafton, and crosses into the eastern portion of Northbridge, passes through the eastern portion of...
- Ten Mile River
Ten Mile River directs here. For the Boy Scout camp, see hereThe Ten Mile River is a river within the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island...
- Bungay River
The Bungay River is a short river in southeastern Massachusetts that is a tributary of the Ten Mile River.The Bungay River begins in Witch Pond in Foxborough, Massachusetts at an altitude about above sea level. It flows south through Greenwood Lake and through North Attleboro and Attleboro. It...
- Seven Mile River
The Seven Mile River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 12 miles.-Course:The river begins in Plainville, Massachusetts at an unnamed pond along Peck Street, near the town line with North Attleborough...
- Wilde River
Wilde River is a small river in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It begins at the confluence of the East and West Branches to the northeast of the intersection of Newman Avenue and Brook Street in Seekonk and flows 1.5 miles to the Ten Mile River in Pawtucket...
Long Island SoundLong Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound...
- Thames River (RI)
- Shetucket River (RI)
- Quinebaug River
The Quinebaug River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut, with watershed extending into western Rhode Island.The river is about 80 miles in length...
- French River
The French River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut.The river rises near Leicester, Massachusetts, and flows generally southwards through Auburn, Oxford, and Dudley; it then enters Connecticut where it joins the Quinebaug River at Thompson, just northeast of Putnam...
- Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It has a...
- Chicopee River
The Chicopee River originates in a small village of Palmer, Massachusetts called Three Rivers from the confluence of the Quaboag River, Ware River and Swift River and flows generally west through the town of Ludlow, Massachusetts, and by the northern fringes of the Indian Orchard section of...
- Quaboag River
The Quaboag River is a Massachusetts river that heads at Quaboag Pond south of East Brookfield, Massachusetts at an elevation of 594 feet MSL. It continues to the CDP of Three Rivers, Massachusetts, at an elevation of 290 feet MSL.-History:...
- East Brookfield River
The East Brookfield River is a Massachusetts river that heads at Lake Lashaway in East Brookfield, Massachusetts at an elevation of 614 feet MSL. It continues to Quaboag Pond, at an elevation of 594 feet MSL.-History:...
- Sevenmile River
The Seven Mile River in central Massachusetts heads at Browning Pond, at the Oakham and Spencer border, and travels south through Spencer, following a short distance from State Route 31 . It crosses under State Route 31 where State Route 31 becomes Pleasant Street, then continues south along Old...
- Cranberry River
The Cranberry River is a river in central Massachusetts that is part of the Chicopee River Watershed. It rises in Cranberry Meadow Pond in Spencer, Massachusetts, and flows northward for approximately 3 miles to its confluence with the Sevenmile River southwest of Spencer.- References :*...
- Fivemile River
The Five Mile River heads at Brooks Pond in Massachusetts, 2.5 mi northeast of North Brookfield, flows approximately south, then mouths at the north end of Lake Lashaway, also in North Brookfield....
- Swift River (Ware River)
- Quabbin Reservoir
The Quabbin Reservoir is the largest body of water in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was built between 1930 and 1939. Today along with the Wachusett Reservoir, it is the primary water supply for Boston, some 65 miles to the east, as well as 40 other communities in Greater Boston...
- East Branch Fever Brook
- East Branch Swift River
- Middle Branch Swift River
- West Branch Fever Brook
- West Branch Swift River
- Ware River
The Ware River is a Massachusetts river that has two forks, the longest of which begins near Hubbardston, Massachusetts, continues through the middle of the state, joins the Quaboag River, and ends in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, where it joins the Chicopee River on its way to the Connecticut River...
- Burnshirt River
The Burnshirt River is a stream in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Ware River, and thus drains ultimately into the Connecticut River and thence the Long Island Sound....
- East Branch Ware River
- Prince River
- West Branch Ware River
- Deerfield River
Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The Deerfield was historically influential in the settlement of western Franklin County, Massachusetts, and its namesake town. The river joins the Connecticut in...
- Bear River
- Chickley River
- Cold River
- Green River
- East Branch Green River
- West Branch Green River
- North River (Deerfield River)
The North River is a river, approximately 4 miles long, in western Massachusetts, the United States.It is formed by the confluence of the 8-mile-long West Branch and 12-mile-long East Branch of the North River in the town of Colrain, Massachusetts. The river is a tributary of the Deerfield River,...
- South River (Deerfield River)
- Fall River
- Farmington River
The Farmington River is a river located in northwest Connecticut and southwest Massachusetts. Its length is 81 miles via its longest branch, and its watershed covers 609 square miles . The river historically played an important role in small-scale manufacturing in towns alongside it, but it is...
- West Branch Farmington River
- Fort River
- Manhan River
The Manhan River is a river in western Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River.The river begins as an outlet of the Tighe Carmody Reservoir, Southampton, and flows first southwest, then northeasterly through the middle of Easthampton, Massachusetts to its confluence with the...
- North Branch Manhan River
- Millers River
The Millers River is a river in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, originating in Ashburnham, Massachusetts and Rindge, New Hampshire, joining the Connecticut River just downstream from Millers Falls, Massachusetts...
- North Branch Millers River
The North Branch of the Millers River is a river in southwestern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Millers River, which flows west to the Connecticut River, which in turn flows south to Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.The North...
- Otter River
- Tully River
- East Branch Tully River
- West Branch Tully River
- Mill River (Hampden County, Massachusetts)
- North Branch Mill River
- South Branch Mill River
- Mill River (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)
- East Branch Mill River
- West Branch Mill River
- Mill River (Hatfield, Massachusetts)
- Mill River (North Amherst, Massachusetts)
- Salmon Brook (CT)
- Sawmill River
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- Scantic River
The Scantic River is a river that flows through the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Its tributaries rise in the towns of Hampden, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow and Monson in Massachusetts, and in Stafford and Somers, Connecticut, forming the river in the town of Hampden, Massachusetts...
- Westfield River
The Westfield River in Massachusetts flows through Westfield and empties into the Connecticut River at West Springfield, Massachusetts. It has a 497 sq. mi. drainage area consisting of several tributaries. These include the North Branch, the Middle Branch and the West Branch. The Swift River joins...
- Little River (Westfield River, North)
- Little River (Westfield River, South)
- Middle Branch Westfield River
- Swift River (Westfield River)
- West Branch Westfield River
- Housatonic River
The Housatonic River is a river, approximately 149 mi long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound...
- Blackberry River (CT)
- Whiting River
The Whiting River is a river in Alaska and British Columbia, entering the waters of the Alaska Panhandle between the mouths of the Taku and Stikine Rivers. The main tributary of the Whiting is the South Whiting. The river's basin is at the northern end of the Stikine Icecap The river crosses the...
- East Branch Housatonic River
- Hop Brook
- Konkapot River
The Konkapot River is a river in southwestern Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. It is a tributary of the Housatonic River, not to be confused with the smaller Konkapot Brook in Stockbridge ....
- Umpachene River
The Umpachene River is a stream in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, and a tributary of the Housatonic River.The river rises from Harmon Pond and various wetlands, and flows generally westward to join the Konkapot River. A waterfall at their confluence, Umpachene Falls, is the site of a small town...
- Southwest Branch Housatonic River
- West Branch Housatonic River
- Williams River
New York HarborNew York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. This is sometimes construed in the sense "the ports of New York and New Jersey"...
- Hudson River (NY)
- Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles long, in the northeastern United States...
/Hoosac River
- Green River
- North Branch Hoosic River
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- Aaron River
- Abbott Run
Abbott Run is a de facto river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 16 km .-Course:The river rises from Miscoe Lake on the border of Wrentham, Massachusetts and Cumberland, Rhode Island, then flows south through Cumberland, Rhode Island where it provides...
- Aberjona River
The Aberjona River is a short , heavily urbanized river in the northwestern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.The river arises in Reading, flows roughly south through Woburn and Winchester, and empties into the Mystic Lakes...
- Acushnet River
The Acushnet River is the largest river flowing into Buzzards Bay in southeastern Massachusetts, in the United States. The name "Acushnet" comes from the Wampanoag or Algonquian word, "Cushnea", meaning "as far as the waters", a word that was used by the original owners of the land in describing...
- Agawam River
The Agawam River is a stream in southeastern Massachusetts, USA, that is part of the Wareham River estuary. It was also formerly the name of the lower section of the Westfield River in western Massachusetts....
- Andrews River
- Annisquam River
The Annisquam River is a tidal, salt-water estuary in Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts, connecting Annisquam Harbor on the north to Gloucester Harbor on the south. The segment between Gloucester Harbor and the Boston and Maine railroad bridge is also known as the Blynman Canal.The river is...
- Assabet River
The Assabet River is a small river about 20 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts. The , headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural and recreational features of the Assabet River and its...
- Assonet River
The Assonet River is a major tributary of the Taunton River in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States.-Description:The mouth of the river forms approximately between Winslow Point in Assonet, Massachusetts and Conspiracy Island in Berkley, Massachusetts.At its mouth, the Assonet River also...
- Back River (Merrimac, Massachusetts)
- Back River (Newburyport)
- Back River (Powwow River)
The Back River is a 6.5 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Powwow River, part of the Merrimack River watershed...
- Barrington River
- Bass River
right|200px|thumb|Windmill Beach in South Yarmouth MABass River is an estuary and village in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. The estuary separates the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis at the central, southern sections of the towns. At its widest and most southerly point, it opens to and...
- Bear River
-Populated places:*Bear River, Minnesota*Bear River City, Utah*Bear River, Wyoming*Bear River, Nova Scotia*Bear River Station, Nova Scotia*Bear River, Prince Edward Island-Canada:Alberta...
- Beaver Brook
Beaver Brook is a river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Blackstone River
The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 80 km and drains a watershed of approximately 1,400 km² .-History:...
- Blackwater River
- Blue Hill River
- Bluefish River
- Boat Meadow River
- Bourne Wharf River
- Broad Marsh River
- Buck River
- Bumps River
The Bumps River is a small river in Centerville, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Centerville River....
- Bungay River
The Bungay River is a short river in southeastern Massachusetts that is a tributary of the Ten Mile River.The Bungay River begins in Witch Pond in Foxborough, Massachusetts at an altitude about above sea level. It flows south through Greenwood Lake and through North Attleboro and Attleboro. It...
- Burnshirt River
The Burnshirt River is a stream in Worcester County, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Ware River, and thus drains ultimately into the Connecticut River and thence the Long Island Sound....
- Canoe River
The Canoe River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts. It is 16 miles long, and a tributary of the Taunton River.The Canoe River arises from headwaters near Lake Massapoag in Sharon, and meanders generally southwards through the towns of Sharon, Foxborough, Mansfield, and Easton to empty into...
- Castle Neck River
- Cedar Swamp River
- Centerville River
- Charles River
The Charles River is a river in Massachusetts, USA. It travels through 22 cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts, from Hopkinton to Boston on the Atlantic Ocean.-Route:...
- Chickley River
- Chicopee River
The Chicopee River originates in a small village of Palmer, Massachusetts called Three Rivers from the confluence of the Quaboag River, Ware River and Swift River and flows generally west through the town of Ludlow, Massachusetts, and by the northern fringes of the Indian Orchard section of...
- Childs River
The Childs River, also known as Child's River, is a short river near Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Its drainage area is about 1 square mile. It has been heavily impacted by the development of cranberry bogs in its upper reaches....
- Chockalog River
The Chockalog River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 4 km . Its name is said to mean "fox place".-Course:...
- Clam River
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- Cochato River
The Cochato River is a stream rising from Avon, Massachusetts and running several miles north to its confluence with the Monatiquot River in Braintree. It is part of the Weymouth Fore River watershed and empties into Boston Harbor....
- Cochichewick River
The Cochichewick River, also known as Cochichewick Brook, is a stream near North Andover, Massachusetts that drains water from Lake Cochichewick into the Merrimack River.- Early history :...
- Cold River
- Cole River
- Concord River
The Concord River is a tributary of the Merrimack River in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The river, approximately 15 mi long, drains a small rural and suburban region northwest of Boston. One of the most famous small rivers in U.S...
- Connecticut River
The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It has a...
- Coonamesset River
The Coonamesset River is a river in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The river has its headwaters in the Coonamessett Pond, flows generally south to Great Pond estuary, and empties into the Vineyard Sound just east of Falmouth Heights. The river is shallow running through old glacial deposits...
- Copicut River
The Copicut River, or Copecut River, is long stream in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.The river flows south from Copicut Reservoir , in Dartmouth and Fall River, to Cornell Pond near Hixville in Dartmouth...
- Cotley River
- Cranberry River
The Cranberry River is a river in central Massachusetts that is part of the Chicopee River Watershed. It rises in Cranberry Meadow Pond in Spencer, Massachusetts, and flows northward for approximately 3 miles to its confluence with the Sevenmile River southwest of Spencer.- References :*...
- Crooked River
The Crooked River is a small tributary of the Wareham River located entirely within the town of Wareham, Massachusetts . Its source is found in salt marshes and cranberry bogs east of Indian Neck Road, and its mouth empties into the Wareham River opposite Swifts Neck...
- Deerfield River
Deerfield River is a river that runs for from southern Vermont through northwestern Massachusetts to the Connecticut River. The Deerfield was historically influential in the settlement of western Franklin County, Massachusetts, and its namesake town. The river joins the Connecticut in...
- Drinkwater River
- Duck Hill River
- Eagle Hill River
The Eagle Hill River is a small river in Ipswich, Massachusetts.The river arises within salt marshes just north of Ipswich, and empties into the Plum Island Sound. Broad and shallow, its total length is approximately 2 miles.See also: Bagwell Island....
- East Branch Green River
- East Branch Housatonic River
- East Branch Mill River
- East Branch Neponset River
- East Branch North River
- East Branch Palmer River
- East Branch Salmon Brook
- East Branch Sippican River
- East Branch Swift River
- East Branch Tully River
- East Branch Ware River
- East Branch Westport River
- East Brookfield River
The East Brookfield River is a Massachusetts river that heads at Lake Lashaway in East Brookfield, Massachusetts at an elevation of 614 feet MSL. It continues to Quaboag Pond, at an elevation of 594 feet MSL.-History:...
- East Meadow River
- Eel River
The Eel River is a 3.9 mile river mostly in the village of Chiltonville in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its headwaters are springs and small ponds above Russell Millpond. Its watershed encompasses approximately 15 square miles...
- Egypt River
Egypt River is a stream in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States, located at .Egypt River is formed by the confluence of the Bull and Dow brooks below their reservoirs, and in turn joins the Muddy River and then the Rowley River, which empties into the Plum Island Sound...
- Essex River
- Fall River
- Farm River
Farm River can refer to:* Farm River , a short river near New Haven, Connecticut * Farm River , a short river near Boston, Massachusetts...
- Farmington River
The Farmington River is a river located in northwest Connecticut and southwest Massachusetts. Its length is 81 miles via its longest branch, and its watershed covers 609 square miles . The river historically played an important role in small-scale manufacturing in towns alongside it, but it is...
, East and West Branches
- Fivemile River
- Forest River
- Forge River
The Forge River is a small river in the village of Raynham Center , within the town of Raynham in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows south from the Tracy Corner neighborhood into the Taunton River....
- Fort River
- French River
The French River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut.The river rises near Leicester, Massachusetts, and flows generally southwards through Auburn, Oxford, and Dudley; it then enters Connecticut where it joins the Quinebaug River at Thompson, just northeast of Putnam...
- Fresh River
- Green River
There are three streams in Massachusetts referred to as Green River:* Green River , of Egremont and Great Barrington, a tributary of the Housatonic River...
- Hockomock River
The Hockomock River is a stream in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Town River.Hockomock is said to mean "Place where Spirits Dwell" in the Wampanoag language. The river arises in the Hockomock Swamp, and flows south to its confluence with the Town River which eventually...
- Hoosic River
The Hoosic River, also known as the Hoosac, the Hoosick and the Hoosuck , is a tributary of the Hudson River, 70 miles long, in the northeastern United States...
/Hoosac River
- Housatonic River
The Housatonic River is a river, approximately 149 mi long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound...
- Indian Head River
The Indian Head River is located on the Hanover, Pembroke border in Massachusetts, United States, and covers about . It was probably a fishing and travel spot for Wompatuck Indians....
- Indian River
- Ipswich River
Ipswich River is a small river in northeastern Massachusetts, USA. Its watershed is approximately and the estimated population in the area is 160,000 people. - Geography :The river is formed by the junction of Lubber and Maple Meadow brooks in Wilmington...
- Jones River
The Jones River is a small river running through Kingston, Massachusetts. The river itself covers about , has its source in Silver Lake and drains into Kingston Bay. Land surrounding the river is 52% forested, of which 22% has been developed for residential use...
- Keene River
- Kickamuit River
The Kickamuit River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island flowing approximately 6 km .-History:The river's name descends from a Narragansett dialect and has numerous spellings. As of 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency judged it too polluted for recreation...
- Konkapot River
The Konkapot River is a river in southwestern Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. It is a tributary of the Housatonic River, not to be confused with the smaller Konkapot Brook in Stockbridge ....
- Lees River
The Lees River or Lee's River, also known as the Lee River, is a short, tidal river that forms part of the boundary between Swansea and Somerset, Massachusetts. It flows south to drain into Mount Hope Bay....
- Little Pamet River
The Little Pamet River is a short river in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.The river arises in wetlands, flows west for about one mile, and drains into Cape Cod Bay. The nearby Pamet River lies a few miles to the south....
- Little River
The Little River is a 12.9 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Little Wood Island River
- Long Pond River
- Mad River
- Malden River
The Malden River is a short, roughly 2 mile long river that is located in Malden, Massachusetts. It is roughly 675 feet at its widest point and is very narrow at its smallest point. Its banks are largely occupied by industrial business and the river is scarcely used or even mentioned...
- Manhan River
The Manhan River is a river in western Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River.The river begins as an outlet of the Tighe Carmody Reservoir, Southampton, and flows first southwest, then northeasterly through the middle of Easthampton, Massachusetts to its confluence with the...
- Marstons Mill River
- Mashpee River
The Mashpee River is a short tidal river on Cape Cod in Mashpee, Massachusetts.The river arises in Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds, flows south a short distance, and drains into Pirate's Cove on Popponesset Bay on the Nantucket Sound...
- Matfield River
The Matfield River is a small river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It flows south from the town of East Bridgewater and into the confluence of the Town River and Taunton River....
- Mattapoisett River
The Mattapoisett River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts, in the United States.The river begins at Snipatuit Pond in Rochester and flows generally southwards through Mattapoisett to empty into Mattapoisett Harbor, an arm of Buzzards Bay...
- Merrimack River
The Merrimack River is a -long river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...
- Middle Branch Swift River
- Middle Branch Westfield River
- Middle River
- Miles River
- Mill River
The Mill River is a tributary of the Taunton River that runs from Lake Sabbatia, through the center of the city of Taunton, Massachusetts to the Taunton River.-See also:*List of Massachusetts rivers*Taunton, Massachusetts*Taunton River...
- Millers River
The Millers River is a river in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, originating in Ashburnham, Massachusetts and Rindge, New Hampshire, joining the Connecticut River just downstream from Millers Falls, Massachusetts...
- Mitchell River
The Mitchell River is a very short river in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is an estuary connecting Mill Pond to Stage Harbor....
- Monatiquot River
The Monatiquot River is a short river in Braintree, Massachusetts, formed by the confluence of the Farm River and Cochato River, flowing in swampy meanders to the northeast, and emptying into the tidal Weymouth Fore River estuary. Its drainage area is 28.7 square miles.The river was a key aspect...
- Muddy River
The Muddy River is a series of brooks and ponds that runs through sections of Boston's Emerald Necklace, including along the south border of Brookline, Massachusetts...
- Mumford River
The Mumford River is a river, about long, in south-central Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Blackstone River.The river rises in Douglas, flows east in a meandering path through a series of ponds , and joins the Blackstone River in Uxbridge...
- Mystic River
The Mystic River is the name of a short river in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Its name derives from the Wampanoag word "muhs-uhtuq", which translates to "big river". It lies to the north of and flows approximately parallel to the lower portions of the Charles River.Mystic...
- Nashua River
The Nashua River, 37.5 miles long, is a tributary of the Merrimack River in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the United States. It is formed in eastern Worcester County, Massachusetts, by junction of its north and south branches near Lancaster, and flows generally north-northeast past Groton to...
- Nasketucket River
The Nasketucket River is a small river arising in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and emptying about 3 miles downstream into Little Bay, a branch of Nasketucket Bay on Buzzards Bay....
- Nemasket River
The Nemasket River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows north from Assawompset Pond in Lakeville and through Middleborough where it empties into the Taunton River....
- Neponset River
The Neponset River is a river in eastern Massachusetts in the United States. The headwaters of the Neponset are at the Neponset Reservoir in Foxborough, near the Gillette Stadium...
- Nissitissit River
The Nissitissit River is a 10.5 mile long river located in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Nashua River, itself a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine...
- North Branch Hoosic River
- North Branch Manhan River
- North Branch Mill River
- North Branch Millers River
The North Branch of the Millers River is a river in southwestern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Millers River, which flows west to the Connecticut River, which in turn flows south to Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.The North...
- North Branch Swift River
- North Nashua River
- North River (Deerfield River)
The North River is a river, approximately 4 miles long, in western Massachusetts, the United States.It is formed by the confluence of the 8-mile-long West Branch and 12-mile-long East Branch of the North River in the town of Colrain, Massachusetts. The river is a tributary of the Deerfield River,...
- North River (Massachusetts Bay)
The North River is a river, approximately 8 miles long, in eastern Massachusetts, the United States. It is primarily a tidal river, formed by the confluence of the Indian Head River and the Drinkwater River. The North River forms the boundary between the towns of Norwell and Pembroke,...
- Old Swamp River
- Otter River
- Oyster Pond River
Oyster Pond River, also called Oyster Creek, is a short river in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.The river is an estuary connecting Oyster Pond with Stage Harbor, averaging 3 to 5 feet in depth and bordered with salt marshes. Both river and pond provide excellent anchorage...
- Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 17 km .-Course:The river has two separate branches which converge near the intersection of Danforth Street and Winthrop Street The Palmer River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and...
- Pamet River
The Pamet River is a river in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. It is named for the Paomet tribe.The river is primarily salt marsh, flows west nearly all the way across Cape Cod from its eastern beaches, and empties into Cape Cod Bay. It lies a few miles south of the Little Pamet River....
- Parker River
- Parkers River
- Paskamanset River
The Paskamanset River, also known as the Paskamansett River, is a river in New Bedford and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Paskamanset and Slocums River really form just a single river but the fresh water portion kept its earlier Indian name, while the salt-water portion is named for its English...
- Peters River
The Peters River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 16 km .-Course:The river rises from Curtis Pond in Bellingham, Massachusetts, flowing south through Bellingham and into Woonsocket, Rhode Island where is flows into the Blackstone...
- Pine Point River
- Pines River
- Plymouth River
- Pocasset River
The Pocasset River is a small, tidal river and estuary on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, in Bourne, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The river flows westward through wetlands with a total length of about 1 km....
- Poor Meadow Brook
Poor Meadow Brook is a 7.2 mile stream within the Taunton River Watershed in southeastern Massachusetts. The stream runs from a wetland near County Street in Hanson to the confluence with the Satucket River in East Bridgewater.-External links:*...
- Powwow River
The Powwow River is a 22.8 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Prince River
- Quaboag River
The Quaboag River is a Massachusetts river that heads at Quaboag Pond south of East Brookfield, Massachusetts at an elevation of 594 feet MSL. It continues to the CDP of Three Rivers, Massachusetts, at an elevation of 290 feet MSL.-History:...
- Quashnet River
The Quashnet River, also known as Quoshnet River or Moonakis River, is an estuary in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Its area is about 1 square mile....
- Quequechan River
The Quequechan River , also known as the Quiquechan River, is a river in Fall River, Massachusetts that flows northwest to connect the South Watuppa Pond to the Taunton River...
- Quinapoxet River
The Quinapoxet River is part of the Nashua River watershed. It is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority water system supplying drinking water to the greater Boston area. It is part of the Nashua River Watershed....
- Quinebaug River
The Quinebaug River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and eastern Connecticut, with watershed extending into western Rhode Island.The river is about 80 miles in length...
- Quinsigamond River
The Quinsigamond River is a river in central Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Blackstone River and ultimately drains into Narragansett Bay....
- Quiquechan River
- Roger Island River
The Roger Island River is a small tidal estuary between Ipswich and Rowley, Massachusetts. It is a southern branch of the larger Rowley River passing around Roger Island....
- Rowley River
The Rowley River is a small river between Ipswich and Rowley, Massachusetts.The river lies within in the estuary of Plum Island Sound, and is formed by the confluence of the Egypt River and Muddy Run in Ipswich, with numerous tributaries in the estuary...
- Rumford River
The Rumford River is a small river that begins within the town of Mansfield and empties out into the Norton Reservoir, within the town of Norton, in southeastern Massachusetts, USA....
- Runnins River
The Runnins River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 14 km .-Course:The river begins in Seekonk, Massachusetts in the swamps east of Prospect Street, near Walker Street...
- Salisbury Plain River
- Santuit River
The Santuit River, also known as the Cotuit River, is a short river on the border between Mashpee, Massachusetts and Cotuit, Massachusetts on Cape Cod....
- Satucket River
The Satucket River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts within the Taunton River Watershed. It flows generally west from Robbins Pond in Halifax, and into the Matfield River....
- Saugus River
The Saugus River is a river in Massachusetts.The river is 13 miles long, drains a watershed of approximately 47 square miles, and passes through Wakefield, Lynnfield, Saugus, and Lynn as it meanders east and south from its source in Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield to its mouth at Boston Broad Sound...
- Sawmill River
- Sevenmile River
- Scantic River
The Scantic River is a river that flows through the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Its tributaries rise in the towns of Hampden, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow and Monson in Massachusetts, and in Stafford and Somers, Connecticut, forming the river in the town of Hampden, Massachusetts...
- Segreganset River
The Segreganset River is a river that runs through the western portion of Taunton, Massachusetts.- See also :*Taunton *Taunton River*Taunton River Watershed...
- Seven Mile River
The Seven Mile River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 12 miles.-Course:The river begins in Plainville, Massachusetts at an unnamed pond along Peck Street, near the town line with North Attleborough...
- Shawsheen River
The Shawsheen River is a tributary of the Merrimack River in northeast Massachusetts. The name has had various spellings. According to Bailey's history of Andover, the spelling Shawshin was the most common in the old records, although Shawshine, Shashin, Shashine, Shashene, Shawshene, and later,...
- Shingle Island River
- Shumatuscacant River
The Shumatuscacant River is a small river running through Abington and Whitman, Massachusetts. It forms part of the Taunton River Watershed....
- Sippican River
The Sippican River is a short river in Massachusetts, United States.The Sippican River is about 5 miles long, arising from east and west branches in the towns of Mattapoisett, Marion , and Rochester, Massachusetts...
- Skug River
The Skug River, said to be a misspelling of Skunk River, is a small river in North Andover and North Reading, Massachusetts that forms part of the Ipswich River watershed....
- Snake River
- South Branch Mill River
- South Branch Souhegan River
The South Branch of the Souhegan River is a 5.8 mile long river located in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire in the United States...
- South Fork Little River
- South River
- Southwest Branch Housatonic River
- Spicket River
The Spicket River is a 17.7 mile long river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed....
- Squannacook River
The Squannacook River is a river in northern Massachusetts. It is a tributary of the Nashua River and part of the Nashua River Watershed.The river rises in West Townsend, Massachusetts, at the juncture of Walker Brook, Locke Brook, and Willard Brook. Walker and Locke Brooks rise in Greenville, New...
- Still River
- Stillwater River
The Stillwater River is part of the Nashua River watershed. This river is part of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority system that supplies drinking water to the greater Boston area....
- Stop River
The Stop River is a low and marshy stream in Medfield, Massachusetts, and partly forming the border between Norfolk and Walpole. The river rises near Highland Lake in Walpole, flows northwards to join the Charles River in Medfield, and ultimately drains into Boston Harbor.The Medfield Rhododendrons...
- Stream River
- Sudbury River
The Sudbury River is located in Middlesex County in Massachusetts.Originating in the Cedar Swamp in Westborough, Massachusetts near the boundary with Hopkinton; it meanders for 32 miles to the confluence with the Assabet River in Concord, Massachusetts to form the Concord River. It has a 162 square...
- Swan Pond River
- Swift River (Ware River)
- Swift River (Westfield River)
- Sudbury River
The Sudbury River is located in Middlesex County in Massachusetts.Originating in the Cedar Swamp in Westborough, Massachusetts near the boundary with Hopkinton; it meanders for 32 miles to the confluence with the Assabet River in Concord, Massachusetts to form the Concord River. It has a 162 square...
- Taunton River
The Taunton River , is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater...
- Ten Mile River
Ten Mile River directs here. For the Boy Scout camp, see hereThe Ten Mile River is a river within the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island...
- Three Mile River
- Tiasquam River
The Tiasquam River is a small stream on the southwest of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.The creek arises in the eastern section of Chilmark, and flows generally east, then south, into West Tisbury, Massachusetts to feed the Tisbury Great Pond, which in turn empties into the Atlantic Ocean from...
- Town Brook
Town Brook is a stream in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its headwaters are the Billington Sea, a freshwater pond. The brook passes through numerous small ponds, including Deep Water Pond and Jenny Pond. It also passes by the Jenney Grist Mill and the Brewster Gardens before emptying into Plymouth...
- Town River
The Town River is a river in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It flows south from the Hockomock Swamp in the town of West Bridgewater and into the confluence of the Matfield River and Taunton River....
- Tully River
- Umpachene River
The Umpachene River is a stream in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, and a tributary of the Housatonic River.The river rises from Harmon Pond and various wetlands, and flows generally westward to join the Konkapot River. A waterfall at their confluence, Umpachene Falls, is the site of a small town...
- Wading River
The Wading River is a small river in the town of Norton, Massachusetts. It flows southwest from the Three Mile River and into Barrowsville Pond....
- Wankinco River
The Wankinco River is a river in eastern Massachusetts and a tributary of the Wareham River, which drains into Buzzards Bay.Although now spelled Wankinco, it was previously written as Wankinquoah, which may have been derived from Wonqun, meaning "crooked".The Wankinco River originates at East Head...
- Ware River
The Ware River is a Massachusetts river that has two forks, the longest of which begins near Hubbardston, Massachusetts, continues through the middle of the state, joins the Quaboag River, and ends in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, where it joins the Chicopee River on its way to the Connecticut River...
- Wareham River
- Weir River
- West Branch Charles River
- West Branch Farmington River
- West Branch Fever Brook
- West Branch Green River
- West Branch Housatonic River
- West Branch Mill River
- West Branch North River
- West Branch Palmer River
- West Branch Sippican River
- West Branch Swift River
- West Branch Tully River
- West Branch Ware River
- West Branch Westfield River
- West Branch Westport River
- West River
The West River in Massachusetts, a tributary of the Blackstone River, originates in the towns of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts, near the Upton State Forest, at Silver Lake and Cider Mill Pond in Grafton, and crosses into the eastern portion of Northbridge, passes through the eastern portion of...
- Westfield River
The Westfield River in Massachusetts flows through Westfield and empties into the Connecticut River at West Springfield, Massachusetts. It has a 497 sq. mi. drainage area consisting of several tributaries. These include the North Branch, the Middle Branch and the West Branch. The Swift River joins...
- Westport River
The Westport River lies between Narragansett Bay and Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts'. It is widely used for recreation and boating. It is regarded as a difficult river to enter, and local knowledge is required.- Wildlife :...
- Weweantic River
The Weweantic River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts. Its name means "crooked" or "wandering stream" in the Wampanoag language.The river arises in wetlands in Carver, meanders generally south through swampy birch and maple forests in Middleborough and Rochester, and drains into a Buzzards...
- Weymouth Back River
The Weymouth Back River, sometimes called Back River, is a short, primarily tidal river in Hingham and Weymouth, Massachusetts, about south of Boston...
- Weymouth Fore River
Weymouth Fore River is a small bay or estuary in eastern Massachusetts and is part of the Massachusetts Bay watershed.The headwater of Weymouth Fore River is formed by the confluence of the Monatiquot River and Smelt Brook in the Weymouth Landing area of Braintree...
- Whiting River
The Whiting River is a river in Alaska and British Columbia, entering the waters of the Alaska Panhandle between the mouths of the Taku and Stikine Rivers. The main tributary of the Whiting is the South Whiting. The river's basin is at the northern end of the Stikine Icecap The river crosses the...
- Whitman River
- Wild Harbor River
- Williams River
- Winnetuxet River
The Winnetuxet River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts. It flows west from an unnamed pond near Cole Mill in Carver, through Plympton and Halifax, to the Taunton River.-External links:*...