Saugus River
Water type: River
Basin: Broad Sound (Massachusetts) -> Massachusetts Bay -> Gulf of Maine -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Artificial lakes
The Saugus River is a 21 km long river in Massachusetts.
It drains a watershed of approximately 120 km2, and passes through Wakefield, Lynnfield, Saugus, and Lynn as it meanders east and south from its source in Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield (elevation 27 m) to its mouth in Broad Sound. It has at least eight tributaries: the Mill River; Bennets Pond Brook; the Pines River; Hawkes Brook; Crystal Pond Brook; Beaver Dam Brook; Strawberry Brook; and Shute Brook.