Beaver Brook (Merrimack River tributary) explained

Beaver Brook
Pushpin Map:New Hampshire#Massachusetts#USA
Pushpin Map Size:250 px
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:States
Subdivision Name2:New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Rockingham and Hillsborough, NH; Middlesex, MA
Subdivision Type4:Towns and cities
Subdivision Name4:Chester, Derry, Londonderry, Windham, Hudson and Pelham, NH; Dracut and Lowell, MA
Length:30.7miles
Source1 Location:Chester, Rockingham County, NH
Source1 Coordinates:42.955°N -71.2767°W
Source1 Elevation:435feet
Mouth:Merrimack River
Mouth Location:Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Mouth Coordinates:42.6583°N -71.3183°W
Mouth Elevation:55feet
Tributaries Left:West Running Brook, Golden Brook, Peppermint Brook
Tributaries Right:Shields Brook, Gumpas Pond Brook, Double Brook

Beaver Brook is a 30.7adj=midNaNadj=mid river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed.

Beaver Brook rises in Chester, New Hampshire, and flows south into Derry, passing through Harantis Lake, Adams Pond, and Beaver Lake. Continuing south, the brook forms the boundary between Londonderry and Windham, then flows through Pelham.[1] The brook crosses the state line into Dracut, Massachusetts, and reaches the Merrimack River in the city of Lowell.

Most of the brook's course is through gently hilly terrain that is rapidly being converted into suburban land use.

See also

Scotch-Irish Settlement

Notes and References

  1. http://www.granit.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system