Great Piece Meadows is a fresh water
swamp located in the towns of
Lincoln Park,
Montville, and
Fairfield in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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The wooded swamp is mostly inside the bow of the
Passaic River which floods during the year from heavy rain or heavy snow melt.
The meadows are part of the
Northeastern coastal forests
The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeast and middle Atlantic region of the United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 34,630 sq miles (89,691 km2) encompassing the Piedmont a ...
ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of ...
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See also
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey. Established in 1960, it now is among what has grown to be more than 550 refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System.
The initial portion of th ...
References
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Landforms of Essex County, New Jersey
Landforms of Morris County, New Jersey
Passaic River
Swamps of New Jersey
Watchung Mountains
Meadows in the United States