Table 5-1. Major Estuarine Systems of Coastal Maine and Their Sizes (acres) 



Reg ion 



Estuarine System 



Acres 



1 

 1 and 

 1 

 1 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



3 and 4 

 4 



4 



4 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



Fore River 



Presumpscot River/Back Cove 

 Royal River/Cousins River 

 New Meadows River Complex 



1690 



2148 



1568 



13,489 



Kennebec R./Sheepscot R./Back River/Sasanoa River Complex 27,952 



Damariscotta River 



Johns River/Johns Bay 



Pemaquid River 



Medomak River/Hockomock Channel 



St. George River 



Weskeag River 

 Passagassawakeag River 

 Penobscot/Orland Rivers 

 Baaaduce River 



Union River/Union Bay 



Jordan River 



Somes Sound 



Raccoon Cove 



Skillings River 



Taunton Bay/Hog Bay 



Steuben Harbor/Tunk Stream 



Narraguagus River 



Back Bay/Beaver Meadows Brook 



Harrington River/Mill River 



7627 

 1360 



432 

 4740 

 3801 



913 



303 



10,631 



3958 



794 

 467 



1880 



639 



2600 



3772 



1023 

 1440 

 1397 

 4186 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



Pleasant River 2481 



Indian River/West River 1732 



Chandler River/I-lason Bay 1866 



Little Kennebec Bay 569 



Machias Bay/rtochias River and East Machias 2986 

 Cobscook Bay Complex: Dennys River/Dennys Bay/ 



Orange River/Whiting Bay 11,667 



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