Mattapoisett River watershed

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drainage basin geographic region watershed

The Mattapoisett River watershed is a coastal New England drainage basin in southeastern Massachusetts that feeds into Buzzards Bay and supports important ecological, recreational, and drinking water resources.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Agawam River watershed 1
Slocums River watershed 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
climateRegion humid continental climate ⓘ
containsLandUseType forested land ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
surface water reservoirs ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
containsMunicipality Marion, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rochester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsWaterBody Mattapoisett River NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainsInto Buzzards Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsToWaterBody Atlantic Ocean via Buzzards Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsToWaterBodyType coastal embayment ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern habitat fragmentation ⓘ
nonpoint source pollution ⓘ
nutrient loading to Buzzards Bay ⓘ
hasFeature freshwater wetlands ⓘ
groundwater recharge areas ⓘ
riparian corridors ⓘ
hasMainRiver Mattapoisett River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasManagementFocus drinking water protection ⓘ
habitat conservation ⓘ
water quality protection ⓘ
hasResourceType drinking water resource ⓘ
ecological resource ⓘ
recreational resource ⓘ
hydrologicType coastal watershed ⓘ
surface water drainage basin ⓘ
isPartOfProgram regional Buzzards Bay watershed management efforts ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

southeastern Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInCounty Bristol County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plymouth County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Buzzards Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
supportsUse fisheries habitat ⓘ
public water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Buzzards Bay Coalition → focusArea → Mattapoisett River watershed ⓘ
Buzzards Bay Coalition → focusArea → Mattapoisett River watershed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agawam River watershed
Buzzards Bay Coalition → focusArea → Mattapoisett River watershed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slocums River watershed