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Hackensack River

River in New Jersey

Body of waterriverQ3125487

Length: 72 km
Mouth: Newark Bay
Country: United States

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The Hackensack River is a river, about 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburban area outside New York City just west of the lower Hudson River, which it roughly parallels, separated from it by the New Jersey Palisades. It also flows through and drains the New Jersey Meadowlands. The lower river, which is navigable as far as the city of Hackensack, is heavily industrialized and forms a commercial extension of Newark Bay.

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Located in: New Jersey
New York
Tributary: Overpeck Creek
Pascack Brook

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9 identifiers linking Hackensack River across the web's reference databases

40.7153, -74.1117OpenStreetMap ↗

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AIDB. (2026). Hackensack River (Q3125487). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/hackensack-river-Q3125487