- Ramapo River
The Ramapo River is a
tributary of thePompton River , approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southernNew York and northernNew Jersey in theUnited States .It rises in a mountainous area of central
Orange County, New York , near Monroe and flows southeast to Harriman, then south into western Rockland County, then into northernBergen County, New Jersey . In New Jersey, it flows SSW, along the east side of the ridge of theRamapo Mountains . It flows into Potash Lake in Oakland and officially ends at Pompton Lake in Pompton Lakes, although the river which flows out of Pompton Lake is still called the Ramapo River until it makes a junction with the Pequannock River, whereupon the two tributaries are then called the Pompton River.The river is a popular destination for
fly fishing oftrout . TheNew York State Thruway follows the valley of the river in Orange County.There are areas noted along the Ramapo that were inhabited by the
Lenape tribes of the area. Of particular note was a large "encampment" of the native tribe across from what is nowRamapo College inMahwah, New Jersey .There are also many smaller archeological sites in
Oakland, New Jersey that were inhabited by the early tribes, areas of Oakland also contain many areas where fossilized crustaceans can be found along the banks of the river. In Oakland there are areas that border the river where there has been residential development, it should be noted that some of these areas have been built on what are ancient burial grounds of the Lenape tribes. These developments on the burial grounds encompass streets named Ramapo River Terrace, Crooked Hill, Winding Ridge and Sky Top Ridge. The development area known as Falling Waters has been built on ancient caves that both Lenape and perhaps earlier native peoples inhabited.ee also
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List of New Jersey rivers
*List of New York rivers External links
* [http://www.epa.gov/region02/water/aquifer/ramapo/ramapo.htm EPA: Ramapo Aquifer Systems]
* [http://www.dean.usma.edu/cme/cerc/1998-1999/Ramapo%20River.htm United States Military Academy: Ramapo River Watershed Model and Environmental Study]
* [http://savetorne.home.att.net/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html Torne Valley Preservation Association]
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations]
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