Albertson Brook
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Albertson Brook, also called Albertsons Brook, is the name of Nescochague Creek
Nescochague Creek
Nescochague Creek is a tributary of the Mullica River in southern New Jersey in the United States...

 upstream of the confluence with Great Swamp Brook
Great Swamp Brook
Great Swamp Brook is a tributary of Nescochague Creek in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.-References:*Gertler, Edward. Garden State , Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9...

 in the southern New Jersey
New Jersey
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 Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across southern New Jersey. The name "pine barrens" refers to the area's sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil, to which the crops originally imported by European settlers didn't take well...

 in the United States
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Albertson Brook is near Hammonton, New Jersey
Hammonton, New Jersey
Hammonton is a town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 14,791. It is located directly between Philadelphia and the resort town of Atlantic City, along a former route of the Pennsylvania Railroad currently used by New Jersey...

, and flows for 6.3 miles (10.1 km) through Atlantic
Atlantic County, New Jersey
-National protected areas:* Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge * Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River -Demographics:...

 and Camden
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...

 counties.

It has a drainage area of 17.1 square miles (44.3 km²), of which nearly half is forest land, and the rest is split between urban and agricultural uses, both of which have tended to pollute the brook in the past.

It is formed by the confluence of the Pump Branch
Pump Branch
The Pump Branch is a tributary of Albertson Brook in southern New Jersey in the United States. It arises at Virginia Lake in Winslow and flows under and along the former Atlantic City Railroad main line to the hamlet of Cedar Brook. There it turns east and is dammed to form Hobb Lake, in the...

 and Blue Anchor Brook.

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