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Ho-Ho-Kus Brook 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 Saddle River (which is itself a tributary of the
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) in
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, in the
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.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. The brook originates in Mahwah. Ho-Ho-Kus Brook joins the Saddle River at the Dunkerhook area of
Saddle River County Park Saddle River County Park is a county park in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, stretching from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park, and extends out to Glen Rock. The park is located along the Saddle River and consists of five sections, all o ...
. Their confluence marks the border of four Bergen County communities: Ridgewood,
Paramus Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...
, Glen Rock and Fair Lawn. While it flows it marks the border between Mahwah and Wyckoff.


Communities

These are the communities that the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook passes along: * Mahwah * Franklin Lakes * Wyckoff * Allendale * Waldwick * Ho-Ho-Kus * Ridgewood * Glen Rock


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 ...


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U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Rivers of Bergen County, New Jersey Tributaries of the Passaic River Rivers of New Jersey {{NewJersey-river-stub