Nashua River

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river

The Nashua River is a New England waterway flowing through Massachusetts and New Hampshire, historically significant for both severe industrial pollution and subsequent environmental restoration efforts.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nashua River canonical	27
Nashua River watershed	2
Nashua River (nearby influence)	1
Nashua River Valley	1
Nashua River at Shirley-Groton line	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crossedBy	multiple road and rail bridges in Massachusetts ⓘ multiple road and rail bridges in New Hampshire ⓘ
ecosystemType	temperate freshwater river ecosystem ⓘ
environmentalIssue	dye and chemical contamination ⓘ industrial wastewater pollution ⓘ sewage pollution ⓘ
flowsThrough	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ Worcester County, Massachusetts ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	significant portions restored from previous pollution ⓘ
hasFeature	floodplain wetlands ⓘ riparian forests ⓘ
hasTributary	Nissitissit River ⓘ North Nashua River ⓘ South Nashua River ⓘ Squannacook River ⓘ
hasWatershedOrganization	Nashua River Watershed Association ⓘ
historicalUse	industrial corridor for other manufacturing plants ⓘ industrial corridor for paper mills ⓘ industrial corridor for textile mills ⓘ
influenced	regional environmental legislation and policy ⓘ
knownFor	history of severe industrial pollution ⓘ major environmental restoration efforts ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ
mouth	Merrimack River ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn	Nashua, New Hampshire ⓘ
near	Fort Devens, Massachusetts ⓘ
partOf	Merrimack River watershed ⓘ
passesThrough	Ayer, Massachusetts ⓘ Dunstable, Massachusetts ⓘ Fitchburg, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Groton, Massachusetts ⓘ Lancaster, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Leominster, Massachusetts ⓘ Nashua, New Hampshire ⓘ Shirley, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	central Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Central Massachusetts
subjectOf	Nashua River Watershed Association advocacy ⓘ Nashua River cleanup movement ⓘ
tributaryOf	Merrimack River ⓘ
usedFor	canoeing ⓘ fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ayer → near → Nashua River ⓘ

Merrimack River → tributary → Nashua River ⓘ

Fort Devens, Massachusetts → near → Nashua River ⓘ

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire → containsRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Ayer, Massachusetts → near → Nashua River ⓘ

Fitchburg → traversedByRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Squannacook River → tributaryOf → Nashua River ⓘ

Squannacook River → hasMouth → Nashua River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nashua River at Shirley-Groton line

Squannacook River → partOf → Nashua River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nashua River watershed

Squannacook River → flowsInto → Nashua River ⓘ

town of Ayer, Massachusetts → near → Nashua River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ayer, Massachusetts

Town of Shirley → locatedInWatershed → Nashua River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nashua River watershed

Nashua, New Hampshire → namedAfter → Nashua River ⓘ

Nashua, New Hampshire → river → Nashua River ⓘ

Nashua, New Hampshire → hasRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Shirley, Massachusetts → crossedByRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Pepperell, Massachusetts → locatedOn → Nashua River ⓘ

Wachusett Reservoir → inflow → Nashua River ⓘ

Groton, Massachusetts → locatedOnRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Devens, Massachusetts → locatedOn → Nashua River ⓘ

Massachusetts Route 13 → crosses → Nashua River ⓘ

South Nashua River → tributaryOf → Nashua River ⓘ

South Nashua River → forms → Nashua River ⓘ

Lancaster, Massachusetts → hasRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

North Nashua River → tributaryOf → Nashua River ⓘ

North Nashua River → forms → Nashua River ⓘ

North Nashua River → mouth → Nashua River ⓘ

Nashua River Watershed Association → focusesOn → Nashua River ⓘ

Merrimack River watershed → containsWatercourse → Nashua River ⓘ

Northern Massachusetts → hasRiver → Nashua River ⓘ

Dunstable, Massachusetts → hasWaterBody → Nashua River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nashua River (nearby influence)

Fruitlands Museum → overlooks → Nashua River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nashua River Valley