Stow Creek is an
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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
Delaware Bay
Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States. It is approximately in area, the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean.
The bay is bordered inlan ...
in
Salem and
Cumberland
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counties,
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in the
United States
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.
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The creek forms part of the border between Salem and Cumberland Counties.
It empties into Delaware Bay at the
ghost town
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of
Bayside; the actual mouth has moved northward as erosion has cut open a loop of the creek.
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 ...
References
Rivers of Cumberland County, New Jersey
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Salem County, New Jersey
Tributaries of Delaware Bay
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