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%AMIUM i <br /> a_ <br /> 411t,l CYer .: <br /> I <br /> ^„r"3 <br /> Figure 3.Waquoit Bay and its component sub-embayments. Tidal waters from Nantucket Sound <br /> enter the main Bay through a single armored inlet in the barrier beach and an unarmored inlet to <br /> the Eel Pond sub-embayment. Freshwaters enter the estuary primarily through two major <br /> surface water discharges (Childs River to Eel Pond and Quashnet River to the main basin), <br /> several smaller streams (e.g. Red Brook), and direct groundwater discharge. <br /> Pond is entirely situated within the Town of Mashpee. Within the Quashnet River,Hamblin <br /> Pond, and Jehu Pond sub-embayments geomorphic and hydrologic alterations include the <br /> damming of the Quashnet(Moonakis) River to drive mills and alteration of riparian zone for <br /> cranberry agriculture, as well as the creation of roadways altering circulation around <br /> Monomascoy Island. However, the over-riding change affecting these sub-systems appears to <br /> 7 <br />