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Taunton River basin

Massachusetts Hydrologic - Data Report 12
Prepared in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Water Resources Commission
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Abstract

The Taunton River, emptying into an arm of Narragansett Bay at Fall River, drains 528 square miles of interior southeastern Massachusetts. The Taunton River basin is separated from the basins of short streams draining to the coast by low divides on the east, south, and southwest. On the west and north, the basin is bordered by the Ten Mile, Charles, Neponset, and Weymouth River basins. Principal tributaries of the lower Taunton River are Segreganset, Threemile, Mill, Assonet, Nemasket, and Winnetuxet Rivers. The upper part of the basin is drained by the Canoe, Wading, and Rumford Rivers which empty into Mill and Threemile Rivers and by the Matfield and Town Rivers which unite to form the Taunton River.

This report presents in tabular form selected records of wells, test wells, and borings collected during a study of the basin from 1966 to 1968 in cooperation with the Massachusetts Water Resources Commission, and during earlier studies. This report is released in order to make available to the public and to local, state, and federal agencies basic ground-water information that may aid in planning water-resources development. Basic records contained in this report will complement an interpretative report on the Taunton River basin to be released at a later date.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Taunton River basin
Series title Massachusetts Hydrologic - Data Report
Series number 12
DOI 10.3133/70139638
Year Published 1970
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Boston, MA
Description Report: 102 p.; 2 Plates
Country United States
State Massachusetts
Other Geospatial Taunton River
Scale 48000
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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