Pequannock River

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The Pequannock River is a waterway in northern New Jersey that flows through Morris and Passaic counties and has historically served as an important local natural resource and namesake for nearby communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pequannock River canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
flowsGenerallyToward southeast ⓘ
flowsThrough Bloomingdale, New Jersey ⓘ
Butler, New Jersey ⓘ
Kinnelon, New Jersey ⓘ
Riverdale, New Jersey ⓘ
Township of Pequannock, New Jersey ⓘ
West Milford, New Jersey ⓘ
hasEcosystemType freshwater river ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern water quality protection for drinking water supply ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature tributary streams in the New Jersey Highlands ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Newark watershed lands (Pequannock Watershed) ⓘ
linked to: Newark Watershed

Norvin Green State Forest ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Bloomingdale, New Jersey ⓘ
Butler, New Jersey ⓘ
Kinnelon, New Jersey ⓘ
Pequannock Township, New Jersey ⓘ
Pompton Plains, New Jersey ⓘ
Riverdale, New Jersey ⓘ
West Milford, New Jersey ⓘ
hasRecreationManagement regulated access in watershed lands ⓘ
hasRole local natural resource ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor local industry (historical mills and small industry) ⓘ
transport of local resources (historical, small scale) ⓘ
isNamesakeOf Pequannock Township, New Jersey ⓘ
Pequannock Valley region (local usage) ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
Northern New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: North Jersey
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Morris County, New Jersey ⓘ
Passaic County, New Jersey ⓘ
locatedInRegion New Jersey Highlands ⓘ
locatedInWatershed Passaic River watershed ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Passaic River ⓘ
namedAfter Lenape word “Paquettahhnuake” (meaning cleared land or pea vine) (approximate etymology) ⓘ
partOf Newark water supply system (via Pequannock Watershed) ⓘ
Passaic River system ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn New Jersey Highlands ⓘ
tributaryOf Passaic River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Pequannock Township, New Jersey → namedFor → Pequannock River ⓘ
Passaic River → hasTributary → Pequannock River ⓘ
Pompton River → hasConfluenceWith → Pequannock River ⓘ
Pompton River → formedByConfluenceOf → Pequannock River ⓘ
Passaic River watershed → contains → Pequannock River ⓘ
Northwestern New Jersey → contains → Pequannock River ⓘ