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(Redirected from Swift River (Saco River)) River in New Hampshire, United States
Swift River
Covered bridge over the Swift River at Conway, NH
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Hampshire
RegionWhite Mountains
TownsLivermore, Waterville Valley, Albany, Conway
Physical characteristics
SourceKancamagus Pass
 • locationLivermore
 • coordinates44°1′14″N 71°29′31″W / 44.02056°N 71.49194°W / 44.02056; -71.49194
 • elevation2,780 ft (850 m)
MouthSaco River
 • locationConway
 • coordinates43°59′1″N 71°7′3″W / 43.98361°N 71.11750°W / 43.98361; -71.11750
 • elevation435 ft (133 m)
Length25.6 mi (41.2 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftPond Brook, Rob Brook, Douglas Brook, Red Eagle Brook
 • rightPine Bend Brook, Sabbaday Brook, Downes Brook, Oliverian Brook, Champney Brook, Pequawket Brook

The Swift River is a 25.6-mile-long (41.2 km) river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine.

The Swift River rises in the township of Livermore, New Hampshire, on the eastern side of Kancamagus Pass, and flows east into a broad valley, surrounded by mountains, known as the Albany Intervale. Leaving the intervale, the river enters a narrow gorge, passing over two sets of small waterfalls, and continues east through the town of Albany to the Saco River at Conway.

The river is paralleled for its entire length by New Hampshire Route 112, the scenic Kancamagus Highway.

See also

References

  1. New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system

External links

Saco River watershed
Tributaries
Maine
New Hampshire
Lakes
Towns
Landmarks
Rivers of New Hampshire by drainage system
Gulf of Maine
Atlantic coastal tributaries
Merrimack River watershed
Merrymeeting Bay
(Androscoggin River watershed)
Piscataqua River watershed
Saco Bay
(Saco River watershed)
Long Island Sound
Connecticut River watershed


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