Geography Tool Shed : Maine Rivers

United States Rivers

Maine

River count	241
River miles	6,386

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Rivers

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Abagadasset River	15	15
Alder Stream	21.3	21
Allagash River	71.8	153
Allagash Stream	23.9	24
Androscoggin River	119.8	637
Aroostook River	106.4	392
Austin Stream	15.2	15
Back River	16.3	16
Bartlett Stream	15.8	16
Baskahegan Stream (lower section)	23.4	43
Baskahegan Stream (upper section)	19.9	20
Bear River	14.6	15
Beaver Brook	9.1	34
Beaver Brook - East Branch	12.1	12
Beaver Brook - West Branch	13.1	13
Big Black River	29.9	85
Big Brook	29.4	29
Big Musquash Stream	5	29
Big Musquash Stream - East Branch	16.1	16
Big Musquash Stream - West Branch	8.2	8
Big Wilson Stream	25.3	25
Birch Stream	27.7	28
Black Stream	17.6	18
Bog Brook	16.3	16
Brailey Brook	22.6	23
Captain Ambrose Bear Stream	16.1	16
Carrabassett River	38.9	82
Carrabassett River - West Branch	12.3	12
Cathance River	17.1	31
Caucomgomoc Stream	19.6	37
Chandler River	24.1	24
Charles River	1.3	17
Chemquasabamticook Stream	31.6	32
Chimenticook Stream	15.6	16
Cobbosseecontee Stream	18.5	19
Cold River	15.5	16
Cold Stream	15.4	15
Crooked River (Machias River (Atlantic Ocean tributary))	11.7	12
Crooked River (Songo River tributary)	58	58
Cupsuptic River	29.8	30
Cuxabexis Stream	17.3	17
Damariscotta River	18.9	19
Dead Brook	17.5	18
Dead Cambridge River	10.7	26
Dead River (Androscoggin River tributary)	21.3	21
Dead River (Kennebec River tributary)	45.9	166
Dead River - North Branch (Kennebec River tributary)	21	21
Dead River - South Branch (Kennebec River tributary)	26.9	27
Dead Stream	23	45
Dead Stream - West Branch	21.7	22
Dennys River	23.1	23
Depot Stream	30	30
Dyer Brook	15.2	15
Dyer River	20.2	20
East Cathance Stream	13.6	14
Eastern River	14	14
East Machias River	35.8	36
Ellis River	24.6	38
Ellis River - West Branch	13.5	14
Falls Brook	15.3	15
Fifteenmile Stream	17.3	17
Fish River	70.1	107
Fish Stream	25.4	25
Fore River	4.1	19
Gilman Stream	4.2	30
Great Works River	30.3	30
Great Works Stream	22.9	23
Greenlaw Stream	18.8	19
Hardscrabble River	8.2	44
Hemlock Stream	16	16
Higgins Stream	21.1	21
Indian River	16	16
Kenduskeag Stream	41.9	42
Kennebago River	42.5	72
Kennebec River	165.6	1,614
Kennebunk River	17.8	18
Kezar River	14.8	15
Kibby Stream	15.6	16
Kingsbury Stream	19.6	20
Lemon Stream	15.2	15
Little Androscoggin River	53.7	70
Little Black River	29	29
Little Machias River	17.7	18
Little Madawaska River	42.7	43
Little Magalloway River	12.2	12
Little Molunkus Stream	14.7	15
Little Ossipee River	35.9	36
Little River (Presumpscot River tributary)	18.8	19
Little River (Salmon Falls River tributary)	21.3	21
Little Spencer Stream	17.2	17
Long Pond Stream	15.9	16
Loon Stream	17.8	18
Machias River (Aroostook River tributary)	35.5	69
Machias River (Atlantic Ocean tributary)	59.9	171
Machias River - South Branch (Aroostook River tributary)	14.4	14
Macwahoc Stream	25.2	25
Magalloway River	40.1	52
Main Stream Sebasticook River	30.9	31
Marsh Stream	33.5	48
Marsh Stream - North Branch	14.1	14
Martin Stream (Kennebec River tributary)	22.9	23
Martin Stream (Nezinscot River tributary)	15.5	16
Martin Stream (Sebasticook River - East Branch tributary)	23.2	23
Mattagodus Stream	18.2	18
Mattakeunk Stream	16.5	32
Mattakeunk Stream - East Branch	15.7	16
Mattamiscontis Stream	14.7	30
Mattawamkeag River	50.6	391
Mattawamkeag River - East Branch	36.1	36
Mattawamkeag River - West Branch	52.7	93
Medomak River	39.4	39
Medunkeunk Stream	19.4	19
Meduxnekeag River	23.1	54
Meduxnekeag River - North Branch	25.1	44
Meduxnekeag River - South Branch	15.2	15
Millinocket Stream	13.5	14
Mollidgewock Brook	1.4	1
Molunkus Stream	35.6	76
Moose River	83.3	98
Mopang Stream	22.9	23
Mousam River	29.7	44
Mousam River - Middle Branch	13.8	14
Munsungan Stream	17.7	18
Musquacook Stream	20.1	20
Narraguagus River	55.3	81
Narraguagus River - West Branch	25.2	25
Nequasset Brook	17.7	18
Nesowadnehunk Stream	21.9	22
New Stream	15.9	41
Nezinscot River	15.1	70
Nezinscot River - East Branch	19.4	19
Nezinscot River - West Branch	19.8	20
Nonesuch River	25.2	25
Northwest River	16	16
Olamon Stream	22.6	23
Old Course Saco River	21.9	54
Old Stream	24.6	25
Orange River	12.9	13
Ossipee River	13.4	13
Oyster River	13.9	14
Passadumkeag River	48.2	48
Passagassawakeag River	28.4	28
Pemaquid River	23.9	24
Penobscot River	109.4	1,818
Penobscot River - East Branch	74.8	204
Penobscot River - North Branch	26.3	26
Penobscot River - South Branch	38.2	38
Penobscot River - West Branch	116.4	301
Pine Stream	18.5	19
Piscataqua River (Atlantic Ocean tributary)	13.1	108
Piscataqua River (Presumpscot River tributary)	13.2	13
Piscataquis River	65.4	386
Piscataquis River - East Branch	13.9	14
Piscataquis River - West Branch	22.1	22
Pleasant River	14.2	14
Pleasant River (Atlantic Ocean tributary)	44.8	56
Pleasant River - East Branch (Piscataquis River tributary)	32.4	44
Pleasant River - Middle Branch (Piscataquis River tributary)	11.8	12
Pleasant River (Piscataquis River tributary)	15.2	95
Pleasant River - West Branch (Piscataquis River tributary)	35.6	36
Pocwock Stream	18.4	18
Presque Isle Stream	22	51
Presque Isle Stream - North Branch	15.8	16
Presque Isle Stream - West Branch	13.2	13
Prestile Stream	26	26
Presumpscot River	44.7	184
Pushaw Stream	20	65
Rapid River	21.1	93
Red River	15.7	16
Roach River	20.7	21
Royal River	40.5	41
Russell Stream	25.2	25
Sabattus River	16.1	16
Saco River	86.9	200
Saint Croix Stream	20.5	21
Saint John River - Northwest Branch	14.6	15
Salmon Falls River	43.1	95
Salmon Stream	25	25
Sam Ayers Stream	15.5	16
Sandy River	72.3	119
Sandy Stream	26.2	26
Sandy Stream - West Branch	15.1	15
Sawtelle Brook	16.8	17
Scarborough River	3.7	29
Schoodic Stream	16.8	17
Scopan Stream	19.4	19
Sebasticook River	43.5	163
Sebasticook River - East Branch	26.7	50
Sebec River	22.4	73
Seboeis River	28.2	45
Seboeis Stream	9.5	41
Seboeis Stream - East Branch	13.3	13
Seboeis Stream - West Branch	18.1	18
Sevenmile Stream	15.2	15
Sheepscot River	67.8	113
Sheepscot River - West Branch	24.9	25
Shepards River	10.3	10
Ship Pond Stream	9.7	26
Skagrock Brook	16.6	17
Songo River	19	77
Souadabscook Stream	20.9	21
South Brook	19.3	19
Spencer Stream	24	57
St. Croix River	74.7	141
St. Francis River	40.6	73
St. George River	55.6	85
Stillwater River	11.4	104
St. John River	162	1,249
St. John River - Baker Branch	49.3	88
St. John River - Little Southwest Branch	30.9	31
St. John River - Southwest Branch	63.4	183
Stratton Brook	15	15
Stroudwater River	15.3	15
Sunday River	14.1	14
Sunkhaze Stream	27	27
Swift Cambridge River	15.3	15
Swift River	27.2	27
Temple Stream	15.2	15
Tomah Stream	37	37
Trout Brook	11.9	23
Trout Brook - South Branch	11.4	11
Tunk Stream	20.1	20
Turner Brook	16.3	16
Twomile Brook	3.8	25
Twomile Brook - North Branch	11.8	12
Twomile Brook - South Branch	9.8	10
Union River	21.8	77
Union River - East Branch	21.6	35
Union River - Middle Branch	13.8	14
Union River - West Branch	20.1	20
Violette Stream	16.3	16
Wallagrass Stream	21	21
Wassataquoik Stream	27.9	28
Webb River	22	22
Webster Brook	9.4	33
Wesserunsett Stream	15.6	29
Wesserunsett Stream - East Branch	13	13
Western Little River	11.2	11
Wild River	4.9	5
Wilson Stream	16.5	17
Wytopitlock Stream	25.5	26

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey