Little Androscoggin River

The Little Androscoggin River is a 51.4-mile-long (82.7 km)[1] river in Maine. It flows from Bryant Pond in Woodstock (44°21′53″N 70°38′18″W) to its confluence with the Androscoggin River in Auburn. The Androscoggin flows into Merrymeeting Bay in the Kennebec River estuary.

Little Androscoggin River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMaine
Mouth 
 • location
Androscoggin River
 • elevation
115 feet (40 m)

The Little Androscoggin flows through the towns of Woodstock, Greenwood, West Paris, Paris (including the village of South Paris), Norway, Oxford, Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland, and the city of Auburn.

Thompson Lake
Thompson Lake
Thompson Lake
Max. length7.7 mi (12.4 km)[2]
Surface area4,419 acres (1,788 ha)[3]
Max. depth121 feet (37 m)[4]
Water volume173,712 acre⋅ft (214,271,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation325 ft (99 m)[2]

Thompson Lake is the largest lake in the Little Androscoggin watershed. The north end of the lake overflows into the Little Androscoggin River through the village of Oxford. The lake forms the boundary between Otisfield to the west and Oxford and Poland to the northeast and southeast, respectively. The southern tip of the lake is in Casco. Greeley Brook is the largest tributary to the lake, and flows 7 miles (11 km) from Sand Pond in Norway. Smaller tributaries include Knights Brook and Jerry Brook in Otisfield and Potash Brook in Poland.[2] The lake is good habitat for smallmouth and largemouth bass and has been stocked with trout.[4]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed June 30, 2011
  2. The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 30&40. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
  3. Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  4. "Thompson Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 1 May 2016.



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