Androscoggin River

Androscoggin River Aləssíkαntekʷ
The Androscoggin flowing past Lewiston, Maine
Map of the Androscoggin River watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Maine, New Hampshire
Cities	Auburn, Lewiston, Berlin
Physical characteristics
Source	Umbagog Lake
• location	Coos County, New Hampshire
• coordinates	44°46′59″N 71°3′41″W / 44.78306°N 71.06139°W / 44.78306; -71.06139[1]
• elevation	1,243 ft (379 m)[2]
Mouth	Kennebec River
• location	Merrymeeting Bay, Sagadahoc County, Maine
• coordinates	43°57′2″N 69°52′39″W / 43.95056°N 69.87750°W / 43.95056; -69.87750[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)[3]
Length	164 mi (264 km)[4]
Basin size	3,450 sq mi (8,900 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Auburn[5]
• average	6,174 cu ft/s (174.8 m3/s)[5]
• minimum	340 cu ft/s (9.6 m3/s)
• maximum	135,000 cu ft/s (3,800 m3/s)
Discharge
• location	mouth[4]
• average	6,482 cu ft/s (183.5 m3/s)[4]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Sunday River, Dead River
• right	Magalloway River, Peabody River, Wild River

v t e Androscoggin River
Legend
Errol Clear Stream Mollidgewock Brook Pontook Reservoir Chickwolnepy Stream Milan Berlin Dead River Cascade Boston & Maine Moose River Gorham Peabody River Shelburne enters Maine Wild River Gilead Pleasant River US 2 Bethel Alder River Sunday River Bear River Ellis River SR 232 Concord River South Rumford Upper Dam Middle Dam Old Rumford Dam SR 108 Rumford Swift River Mexico Dixfield Webb River SR 140 Canton Riley Dam Jay Dam Jay MEC Rumford branch Otis Dam SR 4 Livermore Falls Dam Dead River SR 219 Leeds Nezinscot River Turner Gulf Island Dam Deer Rips Dam Lewiston MEC Back road Lewiston Falls Dam US 202 Auburn Riverwalk Little Androscoggin River Auburn I-95 Sabattus River Lisbon Falls Dam SR 9 Little River Pejepscot Dam I-295 MEC Lewiston Branch Brunswick-Topsham Dam US 201, Brunswick MEC Lower road SR 196 Merrymeeting Bay

The Androscoggin River (Abenaki: Ammoscongon)^[6] is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is 178 miles (286 km)^[7] long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is 3,530 square miles (9,100 km²) in area. The name "Androscoggin" comes from the Eastern Abenaki term Ammoscocongon, which referred to the entire portion of the river north of the Great Falls in Lewiston, Maine.^[6] The Anglicization of the Abenaki term is likely an analogical contamination with the colonial governor Edmund Andros.^[8][9]