Pascack 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

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History

At least one late 18th-century map calls the brook "Great Pascack River." Its tributary

Musquapsink Brook Musquapsink Brook is a tributary of Pascack Brook in Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States. The headwater lies within Woodcliff Lake and runs south through Hillsdale and into Washington Township. There it runs into Schlegel Lake befo ...

is shown as "Little Pascack River." The name "Pascack River" also occurs in an 1876 map of the area.

Course and watershed

Pascack Brook forms a region known as the

Pascack Valley The Pascack Valley is the name for a region of New Jersey, United States, contained within Bergen County. It is named for the Pascack Brook. The region consists of eight municipalities: Montvale, Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, Westwood ...

. The brook is

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...

med to form the

Woodcliff Lake Reservoir Woodcliff Lake is the name of a reservoir in Woodcliff Lake and portions of Hillsdale and Park Ridge, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It was created circa 1903 by damming the Pascack Brook and is also fed by the Bear Brook which ...

in the town of Woodcliff Lake. The Pascack formerly flowed directly into the Hackensack River, but now ends at the

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 ...

short of its historical juncture with the Hackensack. A dam on Pascack Brook in Spring Valley,

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, impounded Lake Hyenga until it collapsed during

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in September 1999. Heavy flooding resulted downstream. The dam was not rebuilt.

Tributaries

''(Listed from mouth to source)'' *

* Tandy Brook * Bear Brook * Mill Brook * Muddy Brook

References

External links

U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Rivers of Bergen County, New Jersey Hackensack River Pascack Valley Rivers of New Jersey {{NewJersey-river-stub

History

Course and watershed

Tributaries

See also

References

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