... streamflow in September in the Assabet River about doubled at the outlet of the Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about 4 percent at the outlet of the Main Stem Upper subbasin. These increases ... in the upper part of the basin. Description of the Study Area The Assabet River Basin (fig. 1) encompasses an area of 177 mi2 within the Merrimack River Basin in eastern Massachusetts. The ... others, 1963; Randall and others, 1988; Melvin and others, 1992; Tiedeman and others, 1997; Lyford and others, 2003; Kontis and others, in press), with the thin till at the upper end of the reported...