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Lake Passaic

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Lake Passaic was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed in northern New Jersey in the United States at the end of the last ice age approximately 19,000-14,000 years ago. [1]

44 relations: Chatham Township, New Jersey, Clifton, New Jersey, Flood basalt, George Hammell Cook, Great Brook (New Jersey), Great Piece Meadows, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Hatfield Swamp, Henry Barnard Kümmel, Hobart Gap, Ice age, Jurassic, Lee Meadows Swamp, Liberty Corner, New Jersey, List of prehistoric lakes, Loantaka Brook, Millington, New Jersey, Moggy Hollow Natural Area, Morris County, New Jersey, Morristown, New Jersey, New Jersey, Newark Basin, Oakland, New Jersey, Passaic River, Passaic River Flood Tunnel, Paterson, New Jersey, Pompton River, Preakness Range, Proglacial lake, Red beds, Rollin D. Salisbury, Rutgers University, Somerset County, New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, Third River (New Jersey), Totowa, New Jersey, Trap rock, Triassic, Troy Meadows, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Watchung Mountains, Wayne, New Jersey, Whippany, New Jersey, Wisconsin glaciation.

Chatham Township, New Jersey

Chatham Township is a township located in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Clifton, New Jersey

Clifton is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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Flood basalt

A flood basalt is the result of a giant volcanic eruption or series of eruptions that covers large stretches of land or the ocean floor with basalt lava.

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George Hammell Cook

George Hammell Cook (January 5, 1818 – September 22, 1889) was the state geologist of New Jersey and vice president of Rutgers College.

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Great Brook (New Jersey)

Great Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Great Piece Meadows

Great Piece Meadows is a fresh water swamp located in the towns of Lincoln Park, Montville, and Fairfield in New Jersey.

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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey.

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Hatfield Swamp

Hatfield Swamp is a fresh water wetland area in the US state of New Jersey, forming what might be considered the "second bank" of the Passaic River between Morris and Essex counties.

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Henry Barnard Kümmel

Henry Barnard Kümmel (1867 - October 23, 1945) was a State Geologist for the State of New Jersey during the 20th century who worked extensively in the management of the Morris Canal after its acquisition by New Jersey.

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Hobart Gap

The Hobart Gap is a strategic pass and road through the Watchung Mountains in Northern New Jersey.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.

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Lee Meadows Swamp

The Lee Meadows Swamp is a swamp that originally covered with low woodlands surrounding it.

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Liberty Corner, New Jersey

Liberty Corner is an unincorporated community located in Bernards Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

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List of prehistoric lakes

This a partial list of prehistoric lakes.

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Loantaka Brook

Loantaka Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in New Jersey in the United States.

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Millington, New Jersey

Millington is an unincorporated community located within Long Hill Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Moggy Hollow Natural Area

The Moggy Hollow Natural Area is a nature preserve near Far Hills, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

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Morris County, New Jersey

Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City.

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Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town and county seat of Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

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Newark Basin

The Newark Basin is a sediment-filled rift basin located mainly in northern New Jersey but also stretching into south-eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York.

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Oakland, New Jersey

Oakland is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Passaic River

The Passaic River is a mature surface river, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States.

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Passaic River Flood Tunnel

The Passaic River Flood Tunnel is a proposal for a flood relief tunnel from the central portion of the Passaic River basin in Passaic County, New Jersey in an area where a number of large tributary rivers join the Passaic River and severe flooding occasionally occurs.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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Pompton River

The Pompton River is a tributary of the Passaic River, approximately 8 mi (13 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States.

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Preakness Range

The Preakness Range is a range of the trap rock Watchung Mountains on the western edge of the Newark Basin in northern New Jersey.

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Proglacial lake

In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice.

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Red beds

Red beds (or redbeds) are sedimentary rocks, which typically consist of sandstone, siltstone, and shale that are predominantly red in color due to the presence of ferric oxides.

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Rollin D. Salisbury

Rollin Daniel Salisbury (August 17, 1858 – August 15, 1922) was an American geologist and educator.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey.

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Somerset County, New Jersey

Somerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Summit, New Jersey

Summit is an affluent city in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

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Third River (New Jersey)

The Third River, also known as the Yantecaw River (possibly from Munsee yu wandakw, "here this way".), is the third (upstream) main tributary of the Passaic River in Passaic and Essex Counties, New Jersey in the United States.

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Totowa, New Jersey

Totowa (pronounced "TO-tuh-wuh") is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States.

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Trap rock

Trap rock, also known as either trapp or trap, is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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Troy Meadows

Troy Meadows is a nature preserve in Parsippany, Morris County, New Jersey.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.

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Watchung Mountains

The Watchung Mountains (once called the Blue Hills) are a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between high, lying parallel to each other in northern New Jersey in the United States.

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Wayne, New Jersey

Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States located less than from Midtown Manhattan, and is home to William Paterson University.

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Whippany, New Jersey

Whippany is an unincorporated community located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

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Wisconsin glaciation

The Wisconsin Glacial Episode, also called the Wisconsinan glaciation, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Passaic

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