General Features Data
 

  acres square miles hectares square kilometers
Watershed Area 206,985.77 322.67 83,570.25 835.70

     Land Area

 203,860.00 318.53 82,499.35 824.99
Pawcatuck Watershed     
194,493.00 303.90 78,708.65 787.09
Wequetequock Watershed 194,493.00 303.90 78,708.65
787.09
Water
3,125.77
4.13
1,070.90
10.71
Upper Pawcatuck River Estuary
199.36
0.31
80.68
0.81
Lower Pawcatuck River Estuary
479.53
0.75
194.06
1.94
Little Narrgansett Bay & Wequetequock Cove
2,446
3.82
990.22
9.90
 
 
feet
meters
   
Average Pond Depth
6.6
2.0
   
   
 
inches
feet
centimeters
meters
Tidal Range
32.3
2.7
83
0.8
  
 
  parts per thousand      
Average Salinity  
 
 
days 
Flushing Time
2 to 8
 
   
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Provided courtesy of Rhode Island Sea Grant
Important Notes:
Other water area may be a mix of fresh and marine/estuarine types
Watershed area includes all water area
Total land area is watershed area less all water area

Data References:
Watershed areas from RIGIS 2001
Depth data from Lee 1980
Salinity data from Lee 1980
 
 

For more information on this project, contact Virginia Lee.

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