| Watuppa Ponds | |
|---|---|
 USGS map of Watuppa Ponds | |
  Watuppa Ponds  Watuppa Ponds | |
| Location | Fall River and Westport, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 41°41′00″N 71°07′00″W / 41.68333°N 71.11667°W |
| Type | natural |
| Primary inflows | Spring-fed, also Sucker Brook, Stony Brook, King Philip Brook, Queen Gutter Brook |
| Primary outflows | Quequechan River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 7.5 mi (12.1 km) (both ponds) |
| Max. width | 1.0 mi (1.6 km) (average) |
| Surface area | North 1,805 acres (730 ha) South 1,551 acres (628 ha) |
| Average depth | 15 ft (4.6 m) (South Watuppa) |
| Max. depth | 22 ft (6.7 m) (South Watuppa) 25 ft (7.6 m) (North Watuppa) |
| Surface elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Sections/sub-basins | South Wattupa Pond, North Wattupa Pond |
The Watuppa Ponds are two large, naturally occurring, spring-fed, glacially formed ponds located in Fall River and Westport, Massachusetts. Watuppa is a native word meaning "place of boats".[1] The two ponds were originally one body of water (originally one lake), connected by a narrow rocky strait called "The Narrows" located on a thin strip of land between the two ponds which forms part boundary of between Fall River and Westport. The border between Fall River and Westport is also divided between the two ponds.[2] Together, the ponds have an overall north–south length of about 7.5 miles (or 8 miles including the pond swamps), and have an average east–west width of about a mile.[3] The ponds are drained by the Quequechan River, and flows in a westerly direction through the center of Fall River from South Watuppa Pond to Mount Hope Bay.
- ^ History of Fall River: With Notices of Freetown and Tiverton. Almy & Milne, Printers. 1862. p. 29. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ Mass, Merchants Association, Fall River (19 April 2018). "History of Fall River, Massachusetts". Fall River Merchants Association. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via Google Books.
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