Depot River | |
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Basin features | |
Main source | Little Presley Lake, Township T12 R17 WELS, Aroostook County, North Maine Woods, Maine, United States 367 metres (1,204 ft) 46°42′26″N 69°54′20″W / 46.70722°N 69.90556°W |
River mouth |
Big Black River (Saint John River), Township T14 R15 WELS, Aroostook County, North Maine Woods, Maine, United States 264 metres (866 ft) 46°52′08″N 69°41′55″W / 46.86889°N 69.69861°WCoordinates: 46°52′08″N 69°41′55″W / 46.86889°N 69.69861°W |
Tributaries | |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 46.2 kilometres (28.7 mi) |
The Depot River (French: 'rivière Depot') is a tributary of the Big Black River (Saint John River), flowing in the townships T12 R17 Wels, T13 R16 Wels and T14 R15 Wels, in the Aroostook County in North Maine Woods in Maine, in United States.
Its course runs entirely through forested region in an isolated mountain valley.
The watershed of the river Depot is accessible by some forest roads of Maine.
The source of the River Depot begins at the mouth of the "Little Lake Presley" (French: 'Petit lac Presley') (length: 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi); altitude: 367 metres (1,204 ft)), in townships T12 R17 WELS, in North Maine Woods, in Maine. This lake is located in a small valley between two mountains (the one on West reached 448 metres (1,470 ft) above sea level and that on the East reached 408 metres (1,339 ft)).
This source is located at:
From the mouth of the "Little Presley Lake", the "River Depot" flows over 46.2 kilometres (28.7 mi) as follows:
Upper river courses Depot (segment of 16.1 kilometres (10.0 mi))
Note: Lake Depot get their water from the top of the Depot river and a stream (from the South) which is the discharge of a series of lakes and "Mary L Pond".
Lower courses of river Depot (segment of 30.1 kilometres (18.7 mi))
This confluence is located:
The "River Depot" pours on the South bank of the Big Black River (Saint John River) (French: 'Grande rivière Noire') in the township T14 R15 Wels, in the Aroostook County. The latter flows Northeast zigzagging up to a river bend of Saint John River where it pours on the west bank. The latest flows to the East, then Southeast through all the New Brunswick and pours on the North bank of the Bay of Fundy which opens to the Southwest on the Atlantic Ocean.