Rock Brook

Last updated
Rock Brook
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source 40°26′1″N74°44′41″W / 40.43361°N 74.74472°W / 40.43361; -74.74472
River mouth 52 ft (16 m)
40°24′39″N74°40′24″W / 40.41083°N 74.67333°W / 40.41083; -74.67333 Coordinates: 40°24′39″N74°40′24″W / 40.41083°N 74.67333°W / 40.41083; -74.67333
Basin features
Progression Beden Brook, Millstone River, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries

Rock Brook is a tributary of Beden Brook in Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Beden Brook, also Bedens Brook, Beden's Brook, or Beeden's Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Somerset County, New Jersey county in New Jersey

Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 335,432, a 3.7% increase from the 2010 United States Census, making it the 13th-most populous of the state's 21 counties. Somerset County is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville. The most populous place was Franklin Township, with 62,300 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Hillsborough Township, covered 55.00 square miles (142.4 km2), the largest total area of any municipality.

Contents

Course

Rock Brook starts at 40°26′1″N74°44′41″W / 40.43361°N 74.74472°W / 40.43361; -74.74472 . [1] It flows south through the town of Skillman, picking up several tributaries, until it enters a dammed section called Sylvan Lake. It then continues west before draining into Beden Brook at 40°24′39″N74°40′24″W / 40.41083°N 74.67333°W / 40.41083; -74.67333 . [1]

Skillman, New Jersey Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States

Skillman is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 242.

Tributaries

Sister tributary

See also

Related Research Articles

Stony Brook (Millstone River tributary) tributary of the Millstone River in Mercer County, New Jersey

Stony Brook, also known as Stoney Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Hunterdon and Mercer counties, New Jersey, in the United States.

Millstone River river in New Jersey, United States

The Millstone River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Rocky Brook river in the United States of America

Rocky Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Monmouth and Mercer counties, New Jersey in the United States.

Six Mile Run (New Jersey) river in the United States of America

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.

Peters Brook (Stony Brook tributary) river in the United States of America

Peters Brook is a tributary of Stony Brook in Mercer and Hunterdon counties, New Jersey in the United States.

Ten Mile Run (New Jersey)

Ten Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River, draining an area in southern South Brunswick and southern Franklin Park, New Jersey in the United States.

Cow Yard Brook (New Jersey)

The Cow Yard Brook is a small tributary of the Oakeys Brook, in central South Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.

Simonson Brook (New Jersey)

Simonson Brook, also known as Sunonson Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in southern Franklin Park, Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States.

Heathcote Brook

Heathcote Brook, also known as Heathcote Run, is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Heathcote Brook Branch

The Heathcote Brook Branch is a tributary of Heathcote Brook in southern Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.

Devils Brook river in the United States of America

Devils Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Cranbury Brook river in the United States of America

Cranbury Brook, also known as Cranberry Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey in the United States.

Cat Tail Brook

Cat Tail Brook is a tributary of Rock Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.

Roaring Brook is a tributary of Cruser Brook in Somerset County, New Jersey, in the United States.

Pike Run (New Jersey) river in the United States of America

Pike Run, also known as North Pike Run, is a tributary of Beden Brook in Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States. It is the namesake for the nearby residential development of Pike Run in Belle Mead, New Jersey.

Little Bear Brook

Little Bear Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.

Harrys Brook

Harrys Brook, also known as the H. Greenlands Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.

Bear Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Branch Back Brook

Branch Back Brook is a small tributary of Back Brook in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in the United States.

References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Rock Brook". USGS. Retrieved 21 July 2010.