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==Geography== [[File:Cocheco River and Rochester 5.JPG|thumb|left|The [[Cocheco River]] flows through central Rochester.]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|117.7|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|116.6|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.1|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 0.91% of the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> Rochester is drained by the [[Salmon Falls River|Salmon Falls]], [[Isinglass River|Isinglass]] and Cochecho rivers. The highest point in Rochester is {{convert|581|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} Chestnut Hill, occupying the northern corner of the city. [[New Hampshire Route 16]] (the [[Spaulding Turnpike]]) is a six-lane [[controlled-access highway]] that passes through the city, leading north towards [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]] and south to [[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]] and [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]]. [[U.S. Route 202 in New Hampshire|U.S. Route 202]] uses the turnpike to bypass the city center, then heads northeastward into Maine and southwestward towards [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]. [[New Hampshire Route 125]] passes north–south through the center of town, leading south to [[Lee, New Hampshire|Lee]] and [[Epping (CDP), New Hampshire|Epping]], and traveling north parallel to NH 16 into [[Milton (CDP), New Hampshire|Milton]]. [[New Hampshire Route 11]] leads west to [[Alton (CDP), New Hampshire|Alton]] and [[Laconia, New Hampshire|Laconia]] and northeast along US 202 into Maine. [[New Hampshire Route 108]] leads southeast to [[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]], and [[New Hampshire Route 202A]] leads southwest to [[Strafford, New Hampshire|Strafford]] and [[Northwood, New Hampshire|Northwood]]. Besides the main downtown part of Rochester, there are two other named communities of significance within the city limits. [[East Rochester, New Hampshire|East Rochester]], a small neighborhood, is located near the northeastern border of the city along routes 202 and 11, next to the [[Salmon Falls River]], while [[Gonic, New Hampshire|Gonic]] (from the Native American name ''Squanamagonic'') is located south of downtown along NH 125 at a dam on the Cocheco River. ===Adjacent municipalities=== * [[Lebanon, Maine]] (north) * [[Berwick, Maine]] (northeast) * [[Somersworth, New Hampshire|Somersworth]] (east) * [[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]] (southeast) * [[Barrington, New Hampshire|Barrington]] (southwest) * [[Strafford, New Hampshire|Strafford]] (west) * [[Farmington, New Hampshire|Farmington]] (northwest) * [[Milton, New Hampshire|Milton]] (north)
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