The Cotley River is a small

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

and

Berkley, Massachusetts Berkley is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, located south of Boston and east of Providence, Rhode Island. The population was 6,764 according to the 2020 census, making it the least populated town in the county. History ...

that is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...

of the Taunton River. It flows approximately 5.8 miles (9.2 km) in a northwesterly direction from the southeast part of

near Seekell Street to Barstows Pond near the village of

East Taunton East Taunton is a suburban neighborhood of Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. Economy East Taunton is home to Massasoit State Park which offers mountain bike trails, and kayaking and fishing on the park's four main lakes, the largest of whi ...

where it joins the Taunton River. The river is crossed twice in Berkley by allen fredericks active railroad line that was originally built as the Taunton and New Bedford Railroad in 1840.Old Rail History
/ref> It is now operated by

CSX CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...

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Rivers of Bristol County, Massachusetts Taunton River watershed Taunton, Massachusetts Rivers of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-river-stub

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