Salmon Falls River
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For the river in Idaho, see Salmon Falls Creek.
The Salmon Falls River is a tributary of the Piscataqua River in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire. It rises at Great East Lake and flows south-southeast for approximately 38 miles (61 km), forming the border between Maine and New Hampshire.[1]
The Salmon Falls River joins the Cochecho River near Dover, New Hampshire to form the Piscataqua River.[2] The river provides hydroelectric power at Milton, North Rochester, Somersworth, and Rollinsford, New Hampshire, as well as Berwick and South Berwick, Maine. The final three miles of the river, from South Berwick to the Piscataqua, are tidal.
Local Abenaki Indians called the river Newichawannock, meaning "river with many falls".
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- ^ New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. Dover East 7½-minute quadrangle. July 1, 1990.
Coordinates: 43°10′37″N 70°49′28″W / 43.17694°N 70.82444°W
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