Pequest River

Pequest River
Headwaters of the Pequest near Springdale, in Andover Township, New Jersey
Location
CountryUnited States of America
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationStickles Pond, Newton, New Jersey
 • coordinates41°01′50″N 74°45′12″W / 41.03056°N 74.75333°W / 41.03056; -74.75333
 • elevation668 feet (204 m)[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Delaware River at Belvidere, New Jersey
 • coordinates
40°49′44″N 75°04′59″W / 40.82889°N 75.08306°W / 40.82889; -75.08306
Length35.7 miles (57.5 km)[2]
Basin size162.62 square miles (421.2 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • average? at Blairstown, New Jersey[4]

The Pequest River is a 35.7-mile-long (57.5 km)[2] tributary of the Delaware River in the Skylands Region in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.[5]

The Pequest, Native American for "open land,"[5] drains an area of 162.62 square miles (421.2 km2) across Sussex and Warren counties, consisting of ten municipalities.

  1. ^ http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri934076/stations/01443500.html accessed 24 August 2006.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  3. ^ http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/Flood_Website/floodclaims_reference.htm Archived 2006-08-29 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 August 2006.
  4. ^ http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow accessed 24 August 2006.
  5. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9

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