Shumatuscacant River

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Shumatuscacant River and environs

The Shumatuscacant River is an 8.8-mile-long (14.2 km) [1] river running through Abington and Whitman, Massachusetts. It forms part of the Taunton River Watershed.

Abington, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Abington is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Boston. The population was 15,985 at the 2010 census.

Whitman, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Whitman is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 14,489 at the 2010 census. It is notable as being the place where the chocolate chip cookie was invented.

Taunton River Watershed

The Taunton River watershed or Taunton River basin is made up of 562 square miles (1,500 km2) of rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands in southeastern Massachusetts, USA. It is the second largest watershed in the state. Also, it is a significant part of a much larger multi-state watershed, the Narragansett Bay watershed.

The river arises in a wetland just west of Vineyard Road, Abington, and flows to Poor Meadow Brook in Hanson, which then flows southwest to Robbins Pond. From there, the Satucket River originates in Robbins Pond and meanders west to join the Matfield River in East Bridgewater, thence to the Taunton River. Island Grove Pond formed in the 1700s when a dam was built on the Shumatuscacant River.

Poor Meadow Brook is a 5.8-mile-long (9.3 km) 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.

Hanson, Massachusetts Town in Massachusetts, United States

Hanson is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States and is one of the inland towns of the South Shore. The population was 10,209 at the 2010 census.

Robbins Pond (Massachusetts) lake of the United States of America

Robbins Pond is a 124-acre (0.50 km2) warm water pond in East Bridgewater and Halifax, Massachusetts. It is part of the Taunton River Watershed. The inflow is Poor Meadow Brook, and the outflow is the Satucket River.The water is brown in color with a transparency of five feet, and the bottom is a mixture of sand and gravel. Average depth is four feet and maximum depth is just ten feet. There are 1.7 miles (2.7 km) of shoreline.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011

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