Back Creek (New Jersey)
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Back Creek is an estuary
of Delaware Bay
in Cumberland County
, New Jersey
in the United States
.
Abbots Creek
and Ogden Creek
join to form Back Creek, which travels for 3.7 miles (6 km) to Nantuxent Cove of Delaware Bay.
Estuary
An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of Delaware Bay
Delaware Bay
Delaware Bay is a major estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States whose fresh water mixes for many miles with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It is in area. The bay is bordered by the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware...
in Cumberland County
Cumberland County, New Jersey
Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population is 156,898. Its county seat is Bridgeton. Cumberland County is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in the United States
United States
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Abbots Creek
Abbots Creek
Abbots Creek is a tributary of Back Creek in Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States.-References:*Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9...
and Ogden Creek
Ogden Creek
Ogden Creek is a tributary of Back Creek in Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States.Joseph Ogden owned land at Mill Creek in Fairfield Township. Presumably, the creek was named after him and his family....
join to form Back Creek, which travels for 3.7 miles (6 km) to Nantuxent Cove of Delaware Bay.