The Tuckahoe River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black te ...
in southern
New Jersey
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in the
United States
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.
One of the few blackwater rivers in the northeastern United States, the river drains an area of the southern
Pinelands and empties into the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Course
The Tuckahoe River rises in central
Atlantic County
Atlantic County is a County (United States), county located along the southern coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 274,534. , approximately east of
Vineland
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and flows south, then east, forming part of the boundary between Atlantic and
Cape May
Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The so ...
counties, then past
Tuckahoe, where it becomes navigable. It flows into
Great Egg Harbor Bay
Great Egg Harbor Bay (or Great Egg Harbor) is a bay between Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic and Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May counties along the southern New Jersey coast. The name derives from Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May's ...
just south of the mouth of the
Great Egg Harbor River
The Great Egg Harbor River is a river in South Jersey.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 It is one of the major rivers that traverse the largely pristine ...
, approximately southwest of
Atlantic City
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. The lower form a widening
estuary
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through Great Cedar Swamp downstream from its head of navigation at Tuckahoe.
Tributaries
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Cedar Swamp Creek
Cedar Swamp Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Tuckahoe River in southeast New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Gar ...
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 the ...
References
External links
Tuckahoe River photographs by Michael HoganU.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations
Rivers of Atlantic County, New Jersey
Rivers of Cape May County, New Jersey
Rivers in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
Rivers of New Jersey
Tributaries of the Great Egg Harbor River
Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
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