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Oakeys Brook (New Jersey)
Oakeys Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook, a branch of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States. Course The source of Oakeys Brook is near Beekman Road in central South Brunswick. Farther downstream, it runs through the Nassau Square housing development on Augustine Drive. Then it crosses Henderson Road in northern South Brunswick (which is its official source at ), and runs beside the Brunswick Acres School in northern South Brunswick. It then crosses Route 1 and merges with another unnamed tributary. It continues flowing away from Black Horse Lane before coming toward it and crossing the railroad tracks a little farther north than the road reaches them. Another unnamed tributary joins it, along with Cow Yard Brook. It turns east, crosses Route 130 near Black Horse Lane, and crosses Davidson Mill Road before emptying into Farrington Lake, near Davidson Mill Road. Animal life Oakeys Brook is an ecosystem full of many varieties of life, des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brunswick Township, New Jersey
North Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is centrally located in the Raritan Valley region within the New York Metropolitan area. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 43,905, reflecting an increase of (+7.5%) from the 40,742 counted in the 2010 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,455 (+12.3%) from the 36,287 counted in the 2000 Census. Located south of the city of New Brunswick, North Brunswick was named for its earlier-established neighbor, South Brunswick, New Jersey. The "Brunswick" comes from New Brunswick, which was named after the German city of Braunschweig (formerly translated in English as ''Brunswick'') or for the British royal House of Brunswick. North and South Brunswick, in turn, became the namesakes for East Brunswick. Alternatively, the city gets its name from King George II of Great Britain, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. History The area that would become North Brunswick had been settled by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Middlesex County, New Jersey
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 water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of New Jersey
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (''i.e.,'' branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Major rivers include the Manasquan, Maurice, Mullica, Passaic, Rahway, Raritan, Musconetcong, Hudson and Delaware rivers. Historically, the Delaware and Raritan rivers have provided transportation of goods and people inland from the Atlantic Ocean, and were once connected by the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Today, these rivers, and the streams that feed them, provide sport and recreation for many people. By drainage basin Hudson River Basin * North River (Lower Hudson) **Hudson River ***Sparkill Creek ***Rondout Creek (NY) ****Wallkill River ***** Pochuck Creek ****** Black Creek ******Wawayanda Creek *****Papakating Creek ******Clove Brook ******Neepaulakating Creek ******West Branch Papakating Creek Newark Bay *Kill Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutgers Gardens
Rutgers Gardens (130 acres) is the official botanic garden of Rutgers University, located on the outskirts of Cook Campus, at 112 Ryders Lane, North Brunswick, New Jersey. The grounds include 60 acres of designed beds, specialty gardens, tree and shrub collections, lawns, and walking paths, as well as the adjoining 70-acre Frank G. Helyar Woods. The gardens are open year-round, without fee, and feature horticultural collections arranged in garden settings. In 2017 it was granted landmark status by the American Society for Horticultural Science. History The land was originally purchased in 1917. Rutgers Gardens—then called "Horticultural Farm No. 1"—housed the Experiment Station's peach-breeding program, although ornamental displays were also established in the early 1920s in conjunction with ongoing ornamental research. In 1930, the farm featured more than 600 varieties of dahlias and iris, including test gardens developed in coordination with the Dahlia Society of New Jers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terhune Run
Terhune Run is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in eastern South Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. Course Terhune Run starts at , near the intersection of Route 1 and Major Road. It flows south, crossing Major Road, until it drains into Lawrence Brook at , in Reichler Park. Accessibility Terhune Run is short, crossing one road, making it hard to access. Sister tributaries * Beaverdam Brook *Great Ditch * Ireland Brook * Oakeys Brook * Sawmill Brook * Sucker Brook *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods See also *List of rivers of New Jersey This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (''i.e.,'' branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the ... References Tributaries of the Raritan River Rivers of Middlesex County, New Jersey Rivers of New Jersey< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sucker Brook (Lawrence Brook)
Sucker Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States. Course The source of Sucker Brook is several pools located in a housing development at . It travels in a pipe under Route 130, and then runs between a housing development. It drains into Lawrence Brook at near Westons Mill Pond, a dammed section of Lawrence Brook. Sister tributaries * Beaverdam Brook *Great Ditch * Ireland Brook * Oakeys Brook * Sawmill Brook *Terhune Run *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods History A1876 map of North Brunswickshows that Sucker Brook at one time transversed the present day U.S. 1, Milltown Road, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st Avenues, and Allgair Avenue, and ended near Nassau Street east of George's Road. See also *List of rivers of New Jersey This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawmill Brook (New Jersey)
Sawmill Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in northwestern East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. Course The Sawmill Brook's official source is at . It runs through the industrialized section between Harts Lane and Route 18. It then crosses Harts Lane and runs through Tices Lane Park. Another branch from the south joins it, and it crosses Tices Lane. It crosses the New Jersey Turnpike and Ryders Lane, and drains into Westons Mill Pond, a dammed section of Lawrence Brook, at . Accessibility Sawmill Brook runs through heavily populated areas, so it is easy to access. Sister tributaries * Beaverdam Brook *Great Ditch * Ireland Brook * Oakeys Brook * Sucker Brook *Terhune Run *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods See also *List of rivers in New Jersey This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland Brook (New Jersey)
Ireland Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States. Ireland Brook is a moderately long stream that drains an area in central East Brunswick. Course Its source is at , near the intersection of Cranbury Road and Rues Lane in east central East Brunswick. It crosses Fern Road, then runs through the East Brunswick Community Park and the Ireland Brook County Park. Crossing Dunhams Corner Road and the New Jersey Turnpike, it continues running through the long Ireland Brook County Park. It crosses Fresh Ponds Road and Riva Avenue, and drains into the Farrington Lake, a dammed section of the Lawrence Brook, at . Accessibility This stream runs through a park, where it is easily accessible for about half of its distance. It also crosses many roads. Sister tributaries * Beaverdam Brook *Great Ditch * Oakeys Brook * Sawmill Brook * Sucker Brook *Terhune Run *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Ditch
Great Ditch is a drainage ditch that drains areas of the Pigeon Swamp State Park in New Jersey in the United States. Course Great Ditch starts at , in the Pigeon Swamp State Park. It flows west, crossing Fresh Ponds Road and Route 130 before joining another stream at which drains into the Lawrence Brook. Purpose This canal's purpose is to drain sections of the Pigeon Swamp to prevent flooding of Deans Rhode Hall Road, which passes through the swamp. Sister tributaries * Beaverdam Brook * Ireland Brook * Oakeys Brook * Sawmill Brook * Sucker Brook *Terhune Run *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods See also *List of rivers of New Jersey This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (''i.e.,'' branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the ... References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverdam Brook (New Jersey)
Beaverdam Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. Course The source of Beaverdam Brook is at in central East Brunswick, near the intersection of CR-617 (Ryders Lane) with Dunhams Corner Road. It crosses Dutch Road and the New Jersey Turnpike. It flows under Hardenburg Lane, and goes through the Tamarack County Golf Course. It crosses Fresh Ponds Road and Riva Avenue and drains into Farrington Lake, a dammed section of Lawrence Brook, at . Accessibility This stream crosses many roads and runs through a golf course, both of which make it easily accessible. Sister tributaries *Great Ditch * Ireland Brook * Oakeys Brook * Sawmill Brook * Sucker Brook *Terhune Run *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named ''Doc Brook'' *Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods See also *List of rivers of New Jersey This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. List of New Jersey rivers includes streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turtle
Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles, including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles, much of the ocean. Like other amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. Turtle shells are made mostly of bone; the upper part is the domed carapace, while the underside is the flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its outer surface is covered in scales made of keratin, the material of hair, horns, and claws. The carapace bones develop from ribs that grow sideways and develop into broad flat plates th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
