Talk:List of rivers of New Hampshire

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According to GNIS gazeteer index, and the NH list, there are about 139 named "streams" and branches in NH with the word River in their names (we have ~45 of them on the List so far). Are we planning list all of them, including their separately named "branches" (e.g., north, south, east, west, upper, big)? What about things called Stream (~50) or Brook (hundreds) or Creek (18) or Run (2) or Inlet (3)? How do we decide which ones might go into the "complete" list and how it should be structured (by size? county plus alphabetically)? Lupinelawyer 04:47, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, where this sort of question is our daily bread - or, perhaps, our daily debate. (How many anime characters do we write about? How about every song of every album ever recorded by anybody? Every single book? etc. etc.). There is no agreed-upon measure for any kind of article, so it's kind of up to what people do. Is that good? Not necessarily. Is that bad? Not necessarily. Is that the way it's going to be? Almost certainly. - DavidWBrooks 13:44, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Here's my plan for now: include rivers based on their Strahler stream order (see the introduction to this article). All fourth order (or higher) rivers will be included, because those are the ones protected under New Hampshire's Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act. Third order rivers will be listed if they are longer than 10 miles. Add other rivers if you think they're significant! Ken Gallager 14:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Lots of nice work, thanks! But I note it is no longer clear from the list which rivers contribute to the larger rivers, e.g., Andro, Ammy and others empty into the Connecticut. Also, Connecticut, Merrimack, and Piscatqua (etc) aren't listed under "Atlantic Coast" for some reason. Or, did I just look too quickly? Lupinelawyer 21:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I think it still shows which rivers land where. (The Ammonoosuc still is shown as flowing to the Connecticut, the Androscoggin reaches the Atlantic by its own route, etc.) To avoid confusion over "Atlantic", I'll try a different heading — here it means rivers which reach the Atlantic in New Hampshire. Hmmm... that would include the Piscataqua. Let me try combining Piscataqua and Atlantic and see what you think. Ken Gallager 18:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

My bad. Not enuf sleep lately. Looks good. Sorry.Lupinelawyer 02:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Recently removed rivers

The pruning/standardization of the list recently seems reasonable to me at present, but I think it might be worthwhile to maintain a list on the talk page of the streams that were recently removed for being too short or less than 4th order. Not as redlinks necessarily, just a simple list with a note about why the group was removed. This would allow the page and the project to turn up in searches of those names. And they are named "rivers", however small, and this is a list of New Hampshire rivers... Just a thought Malepheasant 02:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Malepheasant -- I'm chagrined to realize I haven't checked the discussion page all summer. Your idea is an excellent one. Here are the de-listed streams... --Ken Gallager 18:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Saco River watershed:
  • Cutler River
  • Dry River
  • Sawyer River
• Ossipee River watershed:
  • Lovell River
• Piscataqua River watershed:
  • North Branch River (tributary of Lamprey)
  • Pawtuckaway River
  • Winnicut River
• Coastal Atlantic watershed:
  • Hampton Falls River
• Merrimack River watershed:
  • Cockermouth River
  • Pennichuck Brook
  • Purgatory Brook
  • Red Hill River
  • Salmon Brook (Nashua)
  • Squam River
• Connecticut River watershed:
  • South Branch Sugar River
• Androscoggin River watershed:
  • Bog Brook
  • Dead River (Berlin)
  • Stearns Brook

I've changed my mind (perhaps gotten a second wind) and put back in anything with "River" in its name. Brooks shorter than 10 miles are still out.--Ken Gallager 12:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)