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″N 68°38′20″W / 45.9354°N 68.6389°W / 45.9354; -68.6389 |
• elevation | 350 feet (110 m) |
Length | 28 miles (45 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | East Branch Penobscot River – Penobscot River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little Seboeis River |
The Seboeis River is a river in Penobscot County, Maine. The river is the outflow of Snowshoe Lake (46°14′41″N 68°37′03″W / 46.2447°N 68.6175°W / 46.2447; -68.6175 (Seboeis River source)) 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) south — through White Horse Lake, Seboeis Deadwater, Upper Seboeis River Gorge, and Gagnon Flat — to its confluence with the East Branch of the Penobscot River in T.3 R.7 WELS.
Grand Lake Seboeis
Grand Lake Seboeis | |
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Grand Lake Seboeis | |
Location | Penobscot County, Maine |
Coordinates | 46°18′N 68°39′W / 46.300°N 68.650°W / 46.300; -68.650 |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 6.3 mi (10.1 km) |
Surface area | 2,602 acres (1,053 ha) |
Max. depth | 33 feet (10 m) |
Water volume | 109,085 acre⋅ft (134,554,000 m) |
Surface elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
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. Stocking has introduced smallmouth bass to the native chain pickerel population.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Lake Seboeis
- ^ The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. p. 57. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
- ^ Maine 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, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ "Grand Lake Seboeis" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- "Seboeis River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
- Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
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