Seboeis River
Seboeis River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Maine |
• elevation | 720 feet (220 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | East Branch Penobscot River |
• coordinates | 45°56′07″N68°38′20″W/ 45.9354°N 68.6389°W |
• elevation | 350 feet (110 m) |
Length | 28 miles (45 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | East Branch Penobscot River–Penobscot River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little Seboeis River |
TheSeboeis Riveris a river inPenobscot County,Maine.The river is the outflow of Snowshoe Lake (46°14′41″N68°37′03″W/ 46.2447°N 68.6175°W) in Maine Township 7, Range 7, WELS; Snowshoe Lake is fed via a short stream from Grand Lake Seboeis. The river runs 28.1 miles (45.2 km)[1]south — through White Horse Lake, Seboeis Deadwater, Upper Seboeis River Gorge, and Gagnon Flat — to itsconfluencewith theEast Branchof thePenobscot Riverin T.3 R.7 WELS.
Grand Lake Seboeis
[edit]Grand Lake Seboeis | |
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Location | Penobscot County, Maine |
Coordinates | 46°18′N68°39′W/ 46.300°N 68.650°W[2] |
Basincountries | United States |
Max. length | 6.3 mi (10.1 km)[3] |
Surface area | 2,602 acres (1,053 ha)[4] |
Max. depth | 33 feet (10 m)[5] |
Water volume | 109,085acre⋅ft(134,554,000 m3)[4] |
Surface elevation | 728 ft (222 m)[2] |
Grand Lake Seboeis forms the headwaters of the Seboeis River and is the largest lake in the Seboeis River watershed. A central narrows separates the southern and northern basins of the lake located in Maine range 7 townships 7 and 8, respectively. The south end of the lake overflows into Snowshoe Lake. Tributaries to the lake include Batch Brook, Jones Brook, Dead Brook, Coombs Brook, and the Wadleigh Deadwater.[3]Stocking has introducedsmallmouth bassto the nativechain pickerelpopulation.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map,accessed June 22, 2011
- ^abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Lake Seboeis
- ^abThe Maine Atlas and Gazetteer(Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. p. 57.ISBN0-89933-035-5.
- ^abMaine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04)."Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information".Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, TheUniversity of Maine.Archived fromthe originalon 2006-09-03.Retrieved2008-07-31.
- ^ab"Grand Lake Seboeis"(PDF).Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.State of Maine.Retrieved7 May2016.
- "Seboeis River".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.30 September 1980.Retrieved2010-05-25.
- Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
- Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency