Turtle Creek
is a
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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 drainage ...
of the
Mullica River
The Mullica River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in southern New Jersey in the United States. The Mullica was once known as the ''Little Egg Ha ...
in southern
New Jersey
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in the
United States
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.
The stream headwaters arise at and it flows south-southwest to its confluence with the Mullica River at .
[
The community of Wading River lies approximately one mile north of the headwaters at the intersection of Turtle Creek Road and New Jersey Route 542.][''Green Bank, NJ,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1956 (1979 rev.)]
From source to outlet, it is entirely surrounded by the tidal marshes of the Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometim ...
. The former upper reaches of the stream, reaching some distance north into the Wharton State Forest
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, have been diverted and given their own channel, reaching the Mullica to the west of the remaining stream.
See also
*List of rivers of New Jersey
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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
Tributaries of the Mullica River
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
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