North Branch Rancocas Creek
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The North Branch Rancocas Creek is a 28.3 miles (45.5 km) tributary
of Rancocas Creek
in southwestern New Jersey
in the United States
.
The creek starts in the Pine Barrens
of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest
and Fort Dix Military Reservation
, near Browns Mills
.
From its confluence with Rancocas Creek, tidewater extends upstream to the upper end of Mount Holly
.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of Rancocas Creek
Rancocas Creek
Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The creek's main stem is long, with a North Branch of and a South Branch flowing...
in southwestern 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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.
The creek starts in the 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...
of Brendan T. Byrne State Forest
Brendan T. Byrne State Forest
The Brendan T. Byrne State Forest is a 34,725 acre area in the New Jersey Pine Barrens in Burlington and Ocean Counties, New Jersey.-Description:...
and Fort Dix Military Reservation
Fort Dix, New Jersey
JB MDL Dix , better known as Fort Dix, is a United States Army base located approximately south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Dix is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Reserve Command...
, near Browns Mills
Browns Mills, New Jersey
Browns Mills is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Pemberton Township, in Burlington County. As of the 2000 United States Census, the CDP population was 11,257.-Geography:Browns Mills is located at ....
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From its confluence with Rancocas Creek, tidewater extends upstream to the upper end of Mount Holly
Mount Holly Township, New Jersey
Mount Holly Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as well as an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,728. It is the county seat of Burlington County....
.
See also
- List of rivers of New Jersey
- Rancocas CreekRancocas CreekRancocas Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey in the United States. The creek's main stem is long, with a North Branch of and a South Branch flowing...
- South Branch Rancocas CreekSouth Branch Rancocas CreekThe South Branch Rancocas Creek is a tributary of Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey in the United States.-See also:*List of rivers of New Jersey*North Branch Rancocas Creek*Rancocas Creek*Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek-References:...
- Southwest Branch Rancocas CreekSouthwest Branch Rancocas CreekThe Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek is a tributary of the South Branch Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, New Jersey in the United States.-See also:*List of rivers of New Jersey*North Branch Rancocas Creek*Rancocas Creek*South Branch Rancocas Creek...