Raritan River Rariton | |
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Etymology | Raritan Indian tribe |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
Counties | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset, Union |
Municipalities | Raritan, Clinton, Bridgewater Township, Somerville, Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, Piscataway, Franklin Township, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Edison, East Brunswick, Sayreville, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, South Amboy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Confluence of South Branch Raritan River and North Branch Raritan River |
• coordinates | 40°33′20″N 74°41′14″W / 40.55556°N 74.68722°W[1] |
• elevation | 47.7 ft (14.5 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Raritan Bay |
• coordinates | 40°29′41″N 74°16′17″W / 40.49472°N 74.27139°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 69.6 mi (112.0 km) |
Basin size | 1,100 sq mi (700,000 acres; 2,800 km2) |
Width | |
• average | 200 ft (61 m) |
Depth | |
• minimum | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
• maximum | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Discharge | |
• location | Bound Brook |
• average | 1,070 cu ft/s (30 m3/s) |
• minimum | 100 cu ft/s (2.8 m3/s) |
• maximum | 10,800 cu ft/s (310 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Population | ~1.2 million |
Tributaries | |
• left | Peters Brook, Cuckles Brook, Middle Brook, Green Brook, Mill Brook, Red Root Creek, Crows Mill Creek |
• right | Dukes Brook, Millstone River, Fox Creek, Mile Run, Lawrence Brook, South River |
Bridges | Victory Bridge, Edison Bridge, Driscoll Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Highway No. 1 Bridge, highway bridge over South River at the town of South River |
The Raritan River is the longest and largest river of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central region and a smaller portion of the northern region of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay near Staten Island on the Atlantic Ocean.
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