Passaic River watershed

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The Passaic River watershed is a major drainage basin in northern New Jersey that encompasses diverse wetlands, rivers, and suburban landscapes, playing a crucial role in regional water resources and flood control.

All labels observed (8)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
area approximately 935 square miles ⓘ
contains Great Piece Meadows ⓘ
Great Swamp ⓘ
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Hatfield Swamp ⓘ
Passaic River ⓘ
Pequannock River ⓘ
Pompton River ⓘ
Ramapo River ⓘ
Rockaway River ⓘ
Saddle River ⓘ
Wanaque River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Whippany River ⓘ
suburban landscapes ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
containsReservoir Boonton Reservoir ⓘ
Charlotteburg Reservoir ⓘ
Monksville Reservoir ⓘ
Splitrock Reservoir ⓘ
Wanaque Reservoir ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drains Passaic River ⓘ
ecoregion New England Upland physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: New England Upland

Piedmont physiographic province ⓘ
linked to: Piedmont region
emptiesInto Newark Bay ⓘ
hasInfrastructure flood control reservoirs ⓘ
water supply reservoirs ⓘ
hasIssue habitat fragmentation ⓘ
nonpoint source pollution ⓘ
urban stormwater runoff ⓘ
knownFor extensive wetlands ⓘ
frequent flooding ⓘ
locatedIn northern New Jersey ⓘ
majorCityInWatershed Clifton, New Jersey ⓘ
Morristown, New Jersey ⓘ
Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Newark

Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey ⓘ
Passaic, New Jersey ⓘ
Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Paterson

Wayne, New Jersey ⓘ
managingAgency New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt Newark Bay ⓘ
partOf New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary ⓘ
role flood control system ⓘ
regional water supply source ⓘ
state New Jersey ⓘ
supports freshwater wetland ecosystems ⓘ
migratory bird habitat ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clinton Reservoir → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Ramapo River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Ramapo River → drainageBasin → Passaic River basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Pompton River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Pompton River → partOf → Passaic River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Pequannock River → partOf → Passaic River system ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Rockaway River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Rockaway River → locatedIn → Passaic River basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Butler, New Jersey → locatedNear → Passaic River headwaters region ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Pompton Plains, New Jersey → locatedInRegion → Passaic River basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Branch Brook → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Morris Canal → follows → Passaic River valley ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
U.S. Route 46 in Clifton, New Jersey → traverses → Passaic River valley area ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Saddle River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Whippany River → riverSystem → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Whippany River → partOf → Passaic River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Second River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Second River → locatedInHydrologicalSystem → Passaic River basin ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Third River → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Clifton–Passaic → riverValley → Passaic River valley ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
New Jersey Piedmont → contains → Passaic River valley ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Paterson → partOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Elmwood Park, New Jersey → locatedIn → Passaic River valley ⓘ
linked to: Passaic River watershed
Little Falls of the Passaic River → isPartOf → Passaic River watershed ⓘ
Route 21 (New Jersey) → namedAfter → Passaic River corridor ⓘ
subject linked to: Route 21
linked to: Passaic River watershed