The North Branch Rancocas Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 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 drai ...
of
Rancocas Creek
Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The creek's main stem is long, with a North Branch of and a South Branch flowing .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-re ...
in southwestern
New Jersey
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in the
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[Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. ]
The creek starts in the
Pine Barrens
Pine barrens, pine plains, sand plains, or pineland areas occur throughout the U.S. from Florida to Maine (see Atlantic coastal pine barrens) as well as the Midwest, West, and Canada and parts of Eurasia. Perhaps the most well known pine-barre ...
of
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest
The Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (formerly the Lebanon State Forest) is a state forest in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Its protected acreage is split between Burlington and Ocean Counties.
Description
The Brendan T. Byrne State Forest is the ...
and
Fort Dix Military Reservation, near
Browns Mills.
From its confluence with Rancocas Creek, tidewater extends upstream to the upper end of
Mount Holly.
The North Branch Rancocas Creek drains an area of 167 square miles.
The creek is among the more developed portions of the Rancocas Creek watershed.
Tributaries
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Greenwood Branch Greenwood Branch is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the North Branch Rancocas Creek in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United Stat ...
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Mount Misery Brook Mount Misery Brook is a tributary of Greenwood Branch in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002.
Mount Misery Brook starts in Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, flowing ...
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Budd Run
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See also
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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 th ...
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Rancocas Creek
Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The creek's main stem is long, with a North Branch of and a South Branch flowing .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-re ...
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South Branch Rancocas Creek The South Branch Rancocas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey in the United States.
The Sou ...
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Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek The Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the South Branch Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey in the ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Rivers in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
Rivers of New Jersey
Tributaries of Rancocas Creek
Rivers of Burlington County, New Jersey
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