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Marvine Pool and the Stoors Pool. It typically, but not always, lacks any base flow. Several establishments discharge
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1151:Batten Kill
1122:White River
1107:Wells River
1102:Waits River
1097:Utley Brook
1062:Moose River
1057:Leach Creek
1047:Green River
1027:Black River
456:A concrete
421:channelized
243:US Route 11
206:Leach Creek
184:Tributaries
165:Progression
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29:Leach Creek
18:Leech Creek
1305:Categories
1270:Rock River
1245:Mill River
1205:Cold River
1112:West River
1087:Rock River
1042:Fall River
525:References
481:understory
310:Anthracite
259:stormwater
152:Basin size
109:75°39′38″W
106:41°26′35″N
1235:Mad River
1173:Watershed
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489:Ailanthus
425:Land uses
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388:Watershed
341:sandstone
299:sea level
278:discharge
252:Hydrology
210:tributary
502:See also
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360:ripraped
350:A small
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467:Biology
458:culvert
449:History
429:wetland
378:cobbles
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329:bedrock
273:mines.
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