Aroostook River

Aroostook River
Aroostook River at Washburn, Maine
Aroostook River watershed
Location
CountryUnited States, Canada
StateMaine
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CitiesAshland, Maine, Washburn, Maine, Presque Isle, Maine, Caribou, Maine, Fort Farfield, Maine
Physical characteristics
Source confluenceMillinocket Stream and Munsungan Stream
 • locationMaine Township 8, Range 8, WELS, Penobscot County, Maine
 • coordinates46°20′40″N 68°48′04″W / 46.3445°N 68.8011°W / 46.3445; -68.8011
MouthSaint John River (New Brunswick)
 • location
Aroostook, NB
 • coordinates
46°48′36″N 67°42′58″W / 46.810123°N 67.71620°W / 46.810123; -67.71620
 • elevation
330 ft (100 m)
Length112 mi (180 km)
Basin size2,442.7 sq mi (6,327 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationMasardis, Maine
 • average1,506 cu ft/s (42.6 m3/s)
 • minimum41 cu ft/s (1.2 m3/s)
 • maximum29,500 cu ft/s (840 m3/s)
Discharge 
 • locationWashburn, Maine
 • average2,696 cu ft/s (76.3 m3/s)
 • minimum75 cu ft/s (2.1 m3/s)
 • maximum49,500 cu ft/s (1,400 m3/s)
Watershed data.[1]

The Aroostook River is a 112-mile-long (180 km)[2] tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Its basin is the largest sub-drainage of the Saint John River.[3]

The name is derived from the Malecite name Wool-ahs-took, translated by Ganong as "good river for everything". It appears as Arassatuk (DeRozier, 1699).[4]

  1. ^ University of Maine. "Watershed Overview and Data Access: Aroostook." Watershed Code 01010004. Accessed 2010-02-17.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 22, 2011
  3. ^ Gibbs, K. Elizabeth; Bradeen, Billie; Boland, Dan (September 2004). "Spatial and Temporal Segregation Among Six Species of Coexisting Ophiogomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae) in the Aroostook River, Maine". Northeastern Naturalist. 11 (3): 295–312. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0295:SATSAS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1938-5307. JSTOR 3858420.
  4. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.