South Branch Penobscot River

South Branch Penobscot River
Basin
Progression	West Branch – Penobscot River
Main source	Maine
Source elevation	1,860 feet (570 m)
River mouth	Seboomook Lake 45°53′53″N 69°57′58″W / 45.898°N 69.966°W / 45.898; -69.966Coordinates: 45°53′53″N 69°57′58″W / 45.898°N 69.966°W / 45.898; -69.966 1,070 feet (330 m)
Countries	United States
Physiognomy
Length	39 miles (63 km)

The South Branch Penobscot River is a river in Somerset County, Maine. Its source, Penobscot lake, the north end of which at (45°47′34″N 70°24′36″W / 45.7929°N 70.4099°W / 45.7929; -70.4099) is about 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Canada – United States border in Sandy Bay (Maine Township 5, Range 3, NBKP). This section of the border runs along the height of land separating the watersheds of the Penobscot River and the Monument River, which feeds into the Saint Lawrence River.

The South Branch of the Penobscot River runs 39.0 miles (62.8 km)^[1] northeast through Canada Falls Lake to its drowned confluence with the North Branch of the Penobscot in Seboomook Lake in Pittston Academy Grant (T.2 R.4 NBKP). The two rivers combine to form the West Branch Penobscot River, which flows east from the outlet of Seboomook Lake.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011

"South Branch Penobscot River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
Maine Streamflow Data from the USGS
Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency

Penobscot River Watershed

Tributaries	Dead River East Branch Mattawamkeag River East Branch Penobscot River East Branch Piscataquis River East Branch Pleasant River Kenduskeag Stream Little Seboeis River Mattawamkeag River Middle Branch Pleasant River Molunkus Stream Narramissic River North Branch Marsh River North Branch Penobscot River Orland River Passadumkeag River Piscataquis River Pleasant River Sebec River Seboeis River South Branch Marsh River South Branch Penobscot River Stillwater River West Branch Mattawamkeag River West Branch Penobscot River West Branch Piscataquis River West Branch Pleasant River

Lakes	Allagash Lake Caucomgomoc Lake Chamberlain Lake Chesuncook Lake Lake Onawa Lower Wilson Pond Matagamon Lake Mattawamkeag Lake Millinocket Lake Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes Pushaw Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Seboeis Lake Seboomook Lake South Twin Lake Telos Lake Upper Wilson Pond

Towns	Abbot Bangor Bradley Brewer Brooks Brownville Bucksport Burlington Carmel Charleston Danforth Dover-Foxcroft East Millinocket Eddington Enfield Frankfort Guilford Hampden Haynesville Hermon Howland Hudson Island Falls Kenduskeag Kingman Lee Levant Lincoln Macwahoc Mattawamkeag Medway Milford Millinocket Milo Monson Oakfield Old Town Orland Orono Orrington Passadumkeag Patten Prospect Sangerville Sherman Smyrna Springfield Veazie Verona Winn Winterport Wytopitlock

Landmarks	Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Baxter State Park Fort Knox Gero Island Great Northern Paper Company Hundred-Mile Wilderness Katahdin Iron Works Maine Central Railroad Monson Railroad Mount Katahdin North Maine Woods Peaks-Kenny State Park Penobscot Indian Island Reservation Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Ripogenus Gorge University of Maine Waldo–Hancock Bridge

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South Branch Penobscot River

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