Campbell Branch Little Black River

Coordinates: 47°15′48″N 69°21′02″W / 47.26333°N 69.35056°W / 47.26333; -69.35056
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Campbell Branch Little Black River
Location
Countries
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationQuebec
 • elevation558 metres (1,831 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Little Black River
 • coordinates
47°15′48″N 69°21′02″W / 47.26333°N 69.35056°W / 47.26333; -69.35056
 • elevation
242 metres (794 ft)
Length20.4 kilometres (12.7 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationAroostook County, Maine

The Campbell Branch Little Black River is a short river in Quebec (Canada) and northern Maine (United States).

Campbell Branch Little Black River is a tributary of Little Black River (Saint John River) which flows East, than Southeast crossing the province of New Brunswick up to the North shore of Bay of Fundy. The latest is open to Southwest to Atlantic Ocean.

Geography[edit]

From its source (47°14′53″N 69°27′55″W / 47.2480°N 69.4653°W / 47.2480; -69.4653 (Campbell Branch Little Black River source)), in Picard (unorganized territory), in Kamouraska RCM, Quebec, the river runs about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) southeast to the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 18, Range 13, WELS.

From the Canada–United States border, the "Campbell Branch Little Black River" runs on 20.4 kilometres (12.7 mi) east, south, and around a loop to the northeast to the Little Black River. The course of the river runs:

  • 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) to East, than South-East, up to a brook (from North);
  • 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) to South, than East, up to the discharge of a lake (from South-West);
  • 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) to Northeast up to the confluence.[1]

Campbell Branch Little Black River empties on the West shore in a bend of the Little Black River (Saint John River). This confluence is located at:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Segments of river measured from the Atlas of Canada (posted on Internet), Ministry of Natural Resources Canada
  • "Campbell Branch Little Black River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  • Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
  • Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency

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