The Pump Branch is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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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
Albertson Brook
Albertson Brook, also called Albertsons Brook, is the name of Nescochague Creek upstream of the confluence with Great Swamp Brook in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.
Albertson Brook is near Hammonton, New Jersey, and ...
in southern
New Jersey
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in the
United States
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.
[Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. ]
The Pump Branch arises at Virginia Lake in
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, flows under and along the former
Atlantic City Railroad
The Atlantic City Railroad was a Philadelphia and Reading Railway subsidiary that became part of Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in 1933. At the end of 1925 it operated of road on of track; that year it reported 43 million ton-miles of re ...
main line to the hamlet of
Cedar Brook
Cedar Brook is a tributary of Cranbury Brook in Cranbury, New Jersey, United States.
Course
Cedar Brook starts at , near Exit 8A on the New Jersey Turnpike. It flows southwest, crossing Applegarth Road and Prospect Plains Road before crossing ...
, where it turns east and is dammed to form
Hobb Lake, in the vicinity of Bates Mill. Just downstream is another series of dams and lakes, built for the summer camp, Camp Haluwasa. Passing through Ancora, it joins with
Blue Anchor Brook
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to form Albertson Brook.
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 th ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Tributaries of the Mullica River
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Camden County, New Jersey
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