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Water Pollution In The Great Egg Harbor River.

Water Pollution In The Great Egg Harbor River. Facts about the egg harbor river. . The river goes into two Counties. The Great Egg Harbor River is the longest navigable river in the Pine Barrens.

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Water Pollution In The Great Egg Harbor River.

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  1. Water Pollution In The Great Egg Harbor River. Facts about the egg harbor river.

  2. . • The river goes into two Counties. • The Great Egg Harbor River is the longest navigable river in the Pine Barrens. • The Great Egg Harbor River begins in suburban towns and meanders for 59 miles, draining 304 square miles of pristine wetlands in the heart of New Jersey's Pinelands Reserve on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.

  3. . • Reserve on its way to the Atlantic Ocean. • It is one of the major rivers that traverse the largely pristine pinelands • It got its name from a Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobson Mey. • The meadows were so covered with shorebird and waterfowl eggs that he called it "Eyren Haven".

  4. . • “It flows generally southeast. • One of New Jersey’s Major River. • Tributaries- English creek, Hospitality Branch, South River, Stephen Creek.

  5. Pollution Problems. • The River is being polluted by a lot of boats. • People are dumping waste into the river. • The river and the animals inside are being effected.

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