Below is an image of the Merrimack River located in the Northeast of the United States. It spans 117 miles through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Currently it is on the list of America’s top 10 most threatened rivers. Waste flows through the river and contaminates it and goes off it the nearest brook or stream.
Never knew the Merrimack River was that polluted
And of course, although small, the Merrimack River is in a sense famous since its connected to Thoreau’s travels and writings…