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Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system
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773:North Fork East Branch Pemigewasset River
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447:New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 165
387:and through Dover, then southeast as a
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442:List of rivers of New Hampshire
375:, 9 miles (14 km) west of
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952:East Branch Dead Diamond River
843:South Branch Piscataquog River
703:Little River (Merrimack River)
668:East Branch Pemigewasset River
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148:Physical characteristics
85:Show map of the United States
1350:Swift River (Bearcamp River)
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1032:West Branch Magalloway River
379:. It flows east through the
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1577:South Branch Ashuelot River
1260:East Branch Whiteface River
1225:Cold River (Bearcamp River)
848:South Branch Souhegan River
479:Sawyer Woolen Mills c. 1910
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962:Little Magalloway River
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408:
405:
348:
346:
341:Pierce Brook
1602:Sugar River
1552:Otter Brook
1522:Nash Stream
1512:Mirey Brook
1477:Johns River
1447:Great Brook
1360:West Branch
1340:South River
1270:Ellis River
1215:Beech River
1141:North River
1111:Jones Brook
1101:Fresh River
992:Moose River
987:Moose Brook
873:Tioga River
863:Stony Brook
858:Squam River
823:Smith River
818:Shedd Brook
653:Cohas Brook
638:Black Brook
628:Beebe River
608:Baker River
537:tributaries
389:tidal river
369:Swains Lake
318:Tributaries
282: /
205: /
161:Swains Lake
1651:Categories
1507:Mink Brook
1482:Knox River
1457:Ham Branch
1442:Gale River
1427:Cold River
1422:The Branch
1325:Saco River
1315:Pine River
1295:Mill Brook
1245:Deer River
1230:Cold River
1203:watershed)
1201:Saco River
1061:Bean River
1042:Wild River
942:Dead River
920:watershed)
718:Lost River
693:Lane River
613:Bear Brook
603:Back River
454:References
373:Barrington
270:70°50′51″W
238:Little Bay
190:43°11′14″N
173:Barrington
134:Barrington
1400:watershed
1300:New River
1285:Mad River
1250:Dry River
1136:Mad River
1091:Ela River
1054:watershed
723:Mad River
633:Big River
591:watershed
574:Old River
395:with the
393:Great Bay
361:tributary
267:43°7′36″N
193:71°1′28″W
124:Strafford
1196:Saco Bay
420:See also
95:Location
385:Madbury
363:of the
359:, is a
138:Madbury
100:Country
321:
305:Length
157:Source
120:County
377:Dover
351:, in
250:Dover
233:Mouth
142:Dover
110:State
347:The
516:by
383:in
371:in
1653::
140:,
136:,
1199:(
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506:e
499:t
492:v
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