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The Piscataqua River (pronounced /pɪs'kæt.ə.kwə/), in the northeastern United States, is a long tidal estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon Falls and Cocheco rivers. The drainage basin of the river is approximately , encompassing the additional watersheds of the Great Works River and five rivers flowing into Great Bay: the Bellamy, Oyster, Lamprey, Squamscott, and Winnicut. The river runs southeastward, determining part of the boundary between the states of New Hampshire and Maine, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The last six miles before the sea form Portsmouth Harbor, one of the finest harbors in the northeastern United States, despite a tidal current of around .〔(NOAA "Tides & Currents fact sheet" - "Nobles Island, north of" )〕 The cities/towns of Portsmouth, New Castle, Newington, Kittery and Eliot have developed around the harbor.〔DeLorme Mapping Company ''The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer'' (13th edition) (1988) ISBN 0-89933-035-5 map 1〕 == History == Named by the area's original Abenaki inhabitants, ''Piscataqua'' is believed to be a combination of ''peske'' (branch) with ''tegwe'' (a river with a strong current, possibly tidal).〔(Derivation of ''Piscataqua'' ).〕 The first known European to explore the river was Martin Pring in 1603. Captain John Smith placed a spelling similar to "Piscataqua" for the region on his map of 1614. The river was the site of the first sawmill in the colonies in 1623, the same year the contemporary spelling "Piscataqua" was first recorded. After the Allies' European victory in the Second World War, a German submarine flying a white flag sailed up the river, where New Hampshire state police received its captain and crew as POWs.〔Max Hastings, ''Inferno'', New York 2011, p. 630.〕 The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is located on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, near the Piscataqua's mouth. The dispute between New Hampshire and Maine over ownership of Seavey’s Island was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2001, locating the state border at the center of the river's navigable channel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/130ORIG.ZS.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piscataqua River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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