Moose River (Maine)

Moose River
Origin	Maine
Mouth	Moosehead Lake 45°40′55″N 69°45′58″W / 45.682°N 69.766°W / 45.682; -69.766 (Moose River)Coordinates: 45°40′55″N 69°45′58″W / 45.682°N 69.766°W / 45.682; -69.766 (Moose River)
Basin countries	United States
Length	83 miles (134 km)
Source elevation	1,930 feet (590 m)
Mouth elevation	1,029 feet (314 m)
River system	Kennebec River
Right tributaries	South Branch Moose River

The Moose River is an 83-mile-long (134 km)^[1] river in Maine. Its source (45°32′24″N 70°41′46″W / 45.5400°N 70.6961°W / 45.5400; -70.6961 (Moose River source)) is in Beattie (Maine Township 2, Range 8, WBKP), on the Canada – United States border, which runs along the height of land between the watersheds of the Kennebec River in Maine and the Chaudière River in Quebec. From there, the river runs east through Attean Pond and Wood Pond, past the town of Moose River, then through Long Pond and Brassua Lake. The Moose River empties into Moosehead Lake, the source of the Kennebec River, in Rockwood Strip (T1, R1, WBKP).

See also

• List of rivers of Maine

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 30, 2011

• "Moose River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:571636. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
• Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
• Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency