Exeter River

Exeter River

The Exeter River is a convert|40.5|mi|adj=on-long [ [http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system] ] river located in Rockingham County in southeastern New Hampshire, the United States.

It rises in the town of Chester, convert|12|mi southeast of Manchester. It follows a winding course east and northeast to Exeter, where it becomes the Squamscott River, a tidal river leading north to Great Bay. There are falls and small dams at Exeter and several other villages along the river. Its drainage basin encompasses an area of convert|126|sqmi. The upper convert|33.3|mi of the river, from its headwaters to its confluence with Great Brook in Exeter, were designated into the NH Rivers Management and Protection Program in August 1995.

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