Mystic River watershed

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The Mystic River watershed is a drainage basin in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts that collects water from numerous rivers and streams before emptying into Boston Harbor.


Statements (64)
Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
watershed
contains Aberjona River
Alewife Brook
Alewife Brook Reservation
Assembly Row riverfront
Chelsea Creek
Fells Reservoir
Fresh Pond
Horn Pond
Horn Pond Brook
Island End River
Little River
Lower Mystic Lake
Lower Mystic Pond
Malden Reservoir
Malden River
Mill Brook (Arlington, Massachusetts)
Mystic Lakes
Mystic River
Mystic River Reservation
Shaker Glen Brook
Sluice Brook
Spot Pond
Spy Pond
Upper Mystic Lake
Upper Mystic Pond
Wedge Pond Brook
Wellington Greenway
Winter Brook
Wright’s Pond
drainageAreaApprox 76 square miles
drainsInto Boston Harbor
hasEnvironmentalIssue bacterial contamination
legacy industrial pollution
stormwater pollution
hasMajorTributary Aberjona River
Alewife Brook
Malden River
hasMouthAt confluence with Boston Harbor
hasPrimaryRiver Mystic River
hasRecreationActivity boating
fishing
rowing
walking and biking trails
includesMunicipality Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Belmont, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Everett, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Malden, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Somerville, Massachusetts
Stoneham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Wakefield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Winchester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Woburn, Massachusetts
locatedIn Greater Boston
Massachusetts
United States
managedBy Mystic River Watershed Association
partOf Massachusetts coastal watersheds

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Arlington, Massachusetts
Spy Pond
partOf
Aberjona River
Malden River
riverSystem

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