Culver Brook

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Culver Brook (also known as Culver Creek) is the West Branch of the Paulins Kill and flows through Frankford Township and Branchville Borough in Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey. Its headwaters are fed by Bear Swamp, Lake Owassa, and Culver's Lake and merges with the Dry Brook before joining the Paulins Kill's east branch near the unincorporated hamlet of Augusta in Frankford Township.

Paulins Kill river in the United States of America

The Paulinskill is a 41.6-mile (66.9 km) tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States. With a long-term median flow rate of 76 cubic feet of water per second (2.15 m³/s), it is New Jersey's third-largest contributor to the Delaware River, behind the Musconetcong River and Maurice River. The Paulinskill drains an area of 176.85 square miles (458.0 km2) across portions of Sussex and Warren counties and 11 municipalities. The Paulinskill flows north from its source near Newton, and then turns southwest. The river sits in the Ridge and Valley geophysical province.

Frankford Township, New Jersey Township in New Jersey

Frankford Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 5,565, reflecting an increase of 145 (+2.7%) from the 5,420 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 306 (+6.0%) from the 5,114 counted in the 1990 Census.

Branchville, New Jersey Borough in New Jersey

Branchville is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 841, reflecting a decline of 4 (-0.5%) from the 845 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 6 (-0.7%) from the 851 counted in the 1990 Census. The borough is located in the northernmost region of Sussex County.

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Papakating Creek

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Lake Owassa lake of the United States of America

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Culvers Lake lake in United States of America

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Dry Brook is a tributary of the Paulins Kill in Frankford Township and Branchville Borough in Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey, United States. Its waters combine with the Culver Brook or West Branch of the Paulins Kill with the river's East Branch near the unincorporated hamlet Augusta near Branchville.

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Neepaulakating Creek stream in Sussex County, New Jersey

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