Passaic River estuary

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The Passaic River estuary is a tidal, urbanized stretch of the lower Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey, characterized by extensive wetlands, heavy industrialization, and significant environmental contamination and restoration efforts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Passaic River estuary canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf estuary ⓘ
urban waterway ⓘ
adjacentTo City of Clifton, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Clifton, New Jersey

City of East Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
City of Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City

City of Kearny, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Kearny, New Jersey

City of Newark, New Jersey ⓘ
City of Passaic, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Passaic, New Jersey

Town of Harrison, New Jersey ⓘ
Township of Lyndhurst, New Jersey ⓘ
Township of Nutley, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Nutley, New Jersey
country United States ⓘ
designatedAs federal Superfund site ⓘ
emptiesInto Newark Bay ⓘ
hasActivity habitat restoration ⓘ
sediment remediation ⓘ
shoreline stabilization ⓘ
wetland creation ⓘ
hasCharacteristic environmentally contaminated ⓘ
heavily industrialized ⓘ
subject to restoration efforts ⓘ
tidal ⓘ
urbanized ⓘ
hasEcosystemType estuarine wetlands ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
riparian habitat ⓘ
tidal marshes ⓘ
hasPollutionSource combined sewer overflows ⓘ
historic industrial discharges ⓘ
legacy chemical manufacturing ⓘ
stormwater runoff ⓘ
hasPollutionType dioxins ⓘ
heavy metals ⓘ
pesticides ⓘ
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ⓘ
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ⓘ
hasRisk ecological health impacts ⓘ
fish consumption advisories ⓘ
human health risks from contaminated sediments ⓘ
locatedIn Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
Essex County, New Jersey ⓘ
Hudson County, New Jersey ⓘ
Newark Bay watershed ⓘ
linked to: Newark Bay

Passaic County, New Jersey ⓘ
northeastern New Jersey ⓘ
partOf New York–New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program study area ⓘ
New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary ⓘ
Passaic River ⓘ
regulatedBy New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
riverMouthOf Passaic River ⓘ
subjectOf Passaic River Superfund cleanup ⓘ
usedFor industrial waterway access ⓘ
limited recreational boating ⓘ
shipping and navigation ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

New Jersey Meadowlands → locatedIn → Passaic River estuary ⓘ
New York metropolitan coastal zone → traversedBy → Passaic River estuary ⓘ