Map of the Passaic/Hackensack watershed.

The Pompton River is a tributary of the Passaic River, approximately 8 mi (13 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Passaic River is a Tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long in northern New Jersey in the United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

It is formed south of the borough of Pompton Lakes by the confluence of the Ramapo and Pequannock rivers. Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The Ramapo River is a Tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km long in southern New York and northern New Jersey The Pequannock River is a Tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 20 miles (32 km long located in northern New Jersey in the United It flows south, passing between Lincoln Park and Pequannock Township (to the west) and Wayne (to the east). Lincoln Park is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Pequannock Township is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Wayne is a Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than 15 miles from midtown Manhattan. It enters the Passaic north of Fairfield. This article is about a township in Essex County The other Fairfield in New Jersey is Fairfield Township Cumberland County New Jersey. Its watershed encompasses section of the Ramapo Mountains along the New York-New Jersey border in the rural suburbs of New York City. The Ramapo Mountains are a forested chain of the Appalachian mountains in northeastern New Jersey and southeastern New York in the The City of New York It is the main tributary by volume of the Passaic. A portion of the river's water is diverted to the nearby Wanaque Reservoir.

Tributaries

• Pequannock River
• Ramapo River

See also

• List of New Jersey rivers

External links

• New Jersey Dept. of State: Photos of the Pompton River feeder of the Morris Canal
• U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations