<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England . It is 178 miles (286 km) long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean . Its drainage basin is 3,530 square miles (9,100 km) in area . The name "Androscoggin" comes from the Eastern Abenaki term / aləssíkɑntəkw / or / alsíkɑntəkw /, meaning "river of cliff rock shelters" (literally "thus - deep - dwelling - river"); or perhaps from Penobscot / aləsstkɑtəkw /, meaning "river of rock shelters". The Anglicization of the Abenaki term is likely an analogical contamination with the colonial governor Edmund Andros . </P> <P> The Androscoggin begins in Errol, New Hampshire, where the Magalloway River joins the outlet of Umbagog Lake . The river flows generally south but with numerous bends past the towns of Errol and Milan and the city of Berlin before turning east at the town of Gorham, New Hampshire, to cut across the northern end of the White Mountains and enter Maine . Continuing east, the river passes the towns of Bethel, Rumford, and Dixfield before turning south at the town of Livermore Falls and leaving the mountains behind . The river passes through the twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn, turns southeast, passes the community of Lisbon Falls and reaches tidewater just below the final falls in the town of Brunswick . Merrymeeting Bay is a 10 - mile - long (16 km) freshwater estuary where the Androscoggin meets the Kennebec River nearly 20 miles (32 km) inland from the Atlantic Ocean . </P> <P> The Androscoggin was once heavily polluted by a variety of textile mills, paper mills, and other industries located along its banks, and helped inspire the Clean Water Act . Although the river has benefited greatly from environmental work and the departure of certain types of industry from the region, recent EPA test results indicate unacceptably high levels of mercury - contaminated wastewater are still being discharged into the river from numerous paper mills . One environmentalist group has cited the results in calling the Androscoggin one of the 20 most polluted rivers in America . One 14 - mile (23 km) stretch requires oxygen bubblers to prevent fish from suffocating . As of May 2007, environmental groups had a lawsuit pending, in an attempt to force the paper mills located along the river to clean their waste streams . Companies have resisted, citing cost . </P>

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