The Dwars Kill (also known as Dwarskill or Dwarskill Creek) 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 drainage ...
of the
Hackensack River
The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the subur ...
(
Oradell Reservoir
The Oradell Reservoir is a reservoir formed by the Oradell Reservoir Dam on the Hackensack River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Geography
The Oradell Reservoir Dam is located primarily in the borough of Oradell, but the reservoir ...
) in
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[United States
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. The name is taken from the
Dutch language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-Europea ...
and can be translated as "Cross Creek".
Translate Google: dwars> cross, traverse
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
Closter, New Jersey
Rivers of Bergen County, New Jersey
Hackensack River
Rivers of New Jersey
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