Merrimack River

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geographical feature river

The Merrimack River is a major New England waterway that flows through New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts, historically important for powering textile mills and shaping the industrial development of the region.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → river →
associatedWith	Lawrence textile mills → Lowell textile mills →
basinCountry	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
borderFunction	forms part of the border between New Hampshire and Massachusetts →
cityOnRiver	Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Manchester, New Hampshire → Nashua, New Hampshire →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
crossedBy	Interstate 495 → Interstate 93 → U.S. Route 3 →
drainageBasin	Merrimack River → surface form: "Merrimack River watershed"
environmentalIssue	industrial pollution → stormwater runoff →
etymology	name derived from an Algonquian language →
flowsInto	Atlantic Ocean →
flowsThrough	Massachusetts → New Hampshire →
historicalSignificance	center of 19th-century textile industry → shaped industrial development of New England →
historicalUse	industrial water power → powering textile mills →
length	approximately 117 miles → approximately 188 kilometers →
locatedIn	New England →
mouthLocation	Atlantic Ocean → Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States → surface form: "Newburyport, Massachusetts"
passesThrough	Concord, New Hampshire → Haverhill → surface form: "Haverhill, Massachusetts" Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Manchester, New Hampshire → Nashua, New Hampshire → Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States → surface form: "Newburyport, Massachusetts"
recreation	boating → fishing → kayaking →
region	northeastern Massachusetts →
sourceConfluenceOf	Pemigewasset River → Winnipesaukee River →
sourceLocation	Franklin, New Hampshire →
tributary	Concord River → Contoocook River → Nashua River → Pemigewasset River → Powwow River → Souhegan River → Spicket River → Winnipesaukee River →

Referenced by (34)

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

Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States → borderedBy → Merrimack River →

subject surface form: "Lawrence, Massachusetts"

this entity surface form: "Methuen River border across Merrimack River"

Middlesex County, Massachusetts → contains → Merrimack River →

Essex County → containsRiver → Merrimack River →

subject surface form: "Essex County, Massachusetts"

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire → containsRiver → Merrimack River →

Bow, New Hampshire, United States → crossedByRiver → Merrimack River →

subject surface form: "Bow, New Hampshire"

Great Stone Dam → crosses → Merrimack River →

Interstate 93 → crosses → Merrimack River →

Massachusetts Route 110 → crossesRiverValley → Merrimack River →

this entity surface form: "Merrimack River valley"

Merrimack River → drainageBasin → Merrimack River →

this entity surface form: "Merrimack River watershed"

Merrimack Valley → hasCentralFeature → Merrimack River →

Souhegan River → hasConfluenceWith → Merrimack River →

this entity surface form: "Merrimack River at Merrimack, New Hampshire"

Merrimack Valley → hasMajorRiver → Merrimack River →

Concord, New Hampshire → hasRiver → Merrimack River →

Dracut → hasRiver → Merrimack River →

Gulf of Maine → inflow → Merrimack River →

Lawrence Heritage State Park → locatedOn → Merrimack River →

Lowell textile mills → locatedOn → Merrimack River →

Concord, New Hampshire → locatedOnRiver → Merrimack River →

Haverhill → locatedOnRiver → Merrimack River →

Lawrence → locatedOnRiver → Merrimack River →

Lowell, Massachusetts → locatedOnRiver → Merrimack River →

Great Stone Dam → locatedOnWaterway → Merrimack River →

Greater Boston → majorRiver → Merrimack River →

Nashua River → mouth → Merrimack River →

Contoocook River → mouthLocation → Merrimack River →

this entity surface form: "Merrimack River at Penacook, New Hampshire"

Concord River → mouthOfWatercourse → Merrimack River →

Merrimack Valley → namedAfter → Merrimack River →

Manchester, New Hampshire → river → Merrimack River →

New Hampshire → river → Merrimack River →

Concord River → riverSystem → Merrimack River →

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers → setting → Merrimack River →

Nashua River → tributaryOf → Merrimack River →

Ayer Mill Clock Tower → visibleFrom → Merrimack River →

this entity surface form: "Merrimack River area"

Great Stone Dam → watercourse → Merrimack River →