Waits River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Groton, Vermont |
Mouth | |
• location | Connecticut River atBradford, Vermont |
Length | 24.5 miles (39.4 km) |
TheWaits River is a 24.5-mile-long (39.4 km)[1]river in easternVermont in theUnited States.[2] It is atributary of theConnecticut River, which flows toLong Island Sound. According to theGeographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Wait's River" and as "Ma-houn-quam-mas-see."[3] TheWaits River Formation is a rock unit named after the river since it underlies most of the river.[4]
The Waits River rises in southwesternCaledonia County in the town ofGroton and shortly entersOrange County, where it flows generally southeastwardly through the towns ofOrange,Topsham,Corinth andBradford, to thevillage of Bradford where it joins the Connecticut River.[5]
In the town of Bradford, it collects a short stream known as theSouth Branch Waits River, which flows eastwardly from Corinth.[5][6] Further upstream, just south of the village of East Corinth, the Waits collects another tributary known as theTabor Branch Waits River. The Tabor rises in the northwestern section of the Town of Topsham in an area known as "The Territory" as two smaller branches and flows southeasterly to the village of East Topsham, then southerly toward and through East Corinth.
44°05′22″N72°16′55″W / 44.0895088°N 72.2820404°W /44.0895088; -72.2820404
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