Weweantic River
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The Weweantic River is a Script error: No such module "convert".[1] river in southeastern Massachusetts. Its name means "crooked" or "wandering stream" in the Wampanoag language.
The river arises in wetlands in Carver, meanders generally south through swampy birch and maple forests in Middleborough and Rochester, and drains into a Buzzards Bay estuary in Wareham near the mouth of the Sippican River. Its watershed covers approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., with many cranberry bogs in its upper reaches.
Although the river has historically abounded in fish and shellfish, it currently has no significant herring population due to dam obstruction below Horseshoe Pond, and is closed to shellfish harvesting due to bacterial contamination.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
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- Save Buzzards Bay
- Environmental Protection Agency
- List of place names of Native American origin in New England
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