Great Ditch | |
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Great Ditch map | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
⁃ coordinates | 40°23′5″N74°28′57″W / 40.38472°N 74.48250°W |
⁃ elevation | 89 ft (27 m) |
Mouth | |
⁃ coordinates | 40°23′39″N74°30′27″W / 40.39417°N 74.50750°W Coordinates: 40°23′39″N74°30′27″W / 40.39417°N 74.50750°W |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lawrence Brook, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Raritan River system |
Great Ditch is a drainage ditch that drains areas of the Pigeon Swamp State Park in New Jersey in the United States.
Great Ditch starts at 40°23′5″N74°28′57″W / 40.38472°N 74.48250°W , [1] in the Pigeon Swamp State Park. It flows west, crossing Fresh Ponds Road and Route 130 before joining another stream at 40°23′39″N74°30′27″W / 40.39417°N 74.50750°W [1] which drains into the Lawrence Brook.
This canal's purpose is to drain sections of the Pigeon Swamp to prevent flooding of Deans Rhode Hall Road, which passes through the swamp.
Rocky Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Monmouth and Mercer counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Stony Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.
The Six Mile Run Reservoir Site, part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, is located in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is adjacent to the Delaware and Raritan Canal. It covers 3,037 acres (12.29 km2). The reservoir plan was to flood the Six Mile Run watershed. The Six Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River that, with its tributaries, drains a large area in central Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey and western portions of North Brunswick and South Brunswick Townships in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It derives its name, along with other streams, from the distance early surveyors estimated it was from the point where the historic King's Highway left the Raritan River at New Brunswick to the point the roadway crossed the stream. The estimates were not very accurate but the stream names have remained in use ever since.
Primrose Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in the Jockey Hollow section of the Morristown National Historical Park of northern New Jersey in the United States.
Pigeon Swamp State Park is a 1,078-acre (4.36 km2) New Jersey state park located on Deans Rhode Hall Road in South Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It is an undeveloped park, with a mix of habitats including open ponds and uplands hardwood forests. It also includes a good example of an inner coastal plain lowland deciduous hardwood forest. At one time, it was a major nesting site for passenger pigeons before they became extinct. It was declared a National Natural Landmark in December 1976.
Middle Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Somerset, New Jersey, in the United States. The stream can be referred to as Rha-weigh-weiros, a Native American name meaning "running from a deep hole", on early maps of the area.
Six Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River that drains a large area in central Franklin Township in Somerset County and as well western portions of North Brunswick and South Brunswick Townships in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.
Oakeys Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook, a branch of the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.
Sucker Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.
Middlebush Brook is a tributary of Six Mile Run in Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States.
Sawmill Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in northwestern East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.
Ireland Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.
Beaverdam Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.
Devils Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.
Terhune Run is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in eastern South Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.
Cedar Brook is a tributary of Cranbury Brook in Cranbury, New Jersey, United States.
Honey Branch is a tributary of the Stony Brook in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.
Randolph Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in northern Franklin Park, New Jersey, United States.
Bear Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.
Black Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River that flows through the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. Black Brook rises at the north east base of Long Hill, Chatham Township, Morris County, flows westerly along the hill, by a course of 7 or 8 miles to its recipient in Morris Township, New Jersey. Due to the chemical fertilizer usage in nearby areas, Black Brook has the second worst water quality after Loantaka Brook.