Stony Brook Branch is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Stony Brook in
Mercer County,
New Jersey
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in the
United States
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.
Course
The Stony Brook Branch starts at ,
in
Sourland Mountain
Sourland Mountain is a long ridge in central New Jersey, U.S., extending from the Delaware River at Lambertville to the western end of Hillsborough Township near the community of Neshanic, through Montgomery Township and into Hopewell Tow ...
near
Route 31 (Pennington Road). It flows east, crossing Route 31 and Pennington Hopewell Road before draining into the Stony Brook at .
Sister tributaries
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Baldwins Creek
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Duck Pond Run
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Honey Branch
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Lewis Brook
Lewis Brook (27 July 1918 – 1996) was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town & Oldham Athletic. He grew up in Northowram, near Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding ...
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Peters Brook
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Woodsville Brook
See also
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List of rivers of New Jersey
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
The list of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers, as well as smaller streams such as branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc. found throu ...
References
External links
USGS Coordinates in Google Maps
Tributaries of the Raritan River
Rivers of New Jersey
Rivers of Mercer County, New Jersey
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