H. K. Barrows
Published: 2018-02-12
Total Pages: 266
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Excerpt from Water Resources of the Kennebec River Basin, Maine: With a Section on the Quality of Kennebec River Water Kennebec River rises in Moosehead Lake, In the west central part of Maine, the headwaters being collected by Moose River, Roach River, and a number Of Smaller streams rising in the hilly, forested areas east and west of the lake. The drainage basin (pl. I) extends from the Canada. Line to the ocean, measures about 150 miles in length, varies in width from 50 to 80 miles in the main portion, and embraces a total area of square miles (about one - fifth the total area of the State), of which square miles are tributary to Moosehead Lake. The length of the river from the lake to the entrance of Merrymeet ing' Bay, including the more considerable windings, is about 140 miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.