Sunday River

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Sunday River
Sunday River Bridge

Sunday River Bridge

Data
Water code US :  581232
location Oxford County in Maine (USA)
River system Kennebec River
Drain over Androscoggin River  → Kennebec River  → Atlantic Ocean
source near Mount Carlo in the Mahoosuc Range
44 ° 28 ′ 42 ″  N , 70 ° 59 ′ 56 ″  W
Source height approx.  700  m
muzzle Androscoggin River Coordinates: 44 ° 27 '20 "  N , 70 ° 48' 3"  W 44 ° 27 '20 "  N , 70 ° 48' 3"  W.
Mouth height 189  m
Height difference approx. 511 m
Bottom slope approx. 24 ‰
length 21 km
Catchment area 130 km²

The Sunday River is a left tributary of the Androscoggin River in Oxford County in the southwest of the US state Maine .

The Sunday River has its source near Mount Carlo in the Mahoosuc Range . It flows in a predominantly easterly direction over a distance of 23 km to its confluence with the Androscoggin River about 5 km north of Bethel .

The lower 12 km of the Sunday River are connected to the canoe passable, wherein rapids of difficulty are II-III.

South of the river course of Sunday River is located the eponymous ski resort Sunday River .

Covered bridges

8 km above the mouth spans the Built in 1872, covered bridge Sunday River Bridge river.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sunday River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ↑ a b gulfofmaine.org
  3. ↑ riverfacts.com Maine whitewater, Sunday River
  4. ^ Sunday River Bridge in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey