Littlefield River

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Littlefield River
Littlefield River
Location
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationShaker Pond, Alfred, Maine
Mouth  
  location
Alfred, Maine

The Littlefield River is a 3.8-mile-long (6.1 km) [1] tributary of the Middle Branch Mousam River in York County, Maine. Via the Middle Branch and the Mousam River, its waters flow to the Atlantic Ocean.

The river is entirely within the town of Alfred, rising at the outlet of Shaker Pond north of the town center and flowing south to the Middle Branch of the Mousam River, south of the town center.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed June 30, 2011

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