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    also called them the Blue Mountains or Blue Hills (not to be confused with Blue Mountain in Sussex County). The Watchung Mountains are known for their numerous...
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    valley of Blue Brook, between the ridges of the First Watchung Mountain and Second Watchung Mountains. A dam near the headwaters of the creek creates Lake...
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  • Watchung may refer to: In geology Watchung Mountains, a group of three long low ridges in northern New Jersey Watchung Outliers, six areas of isolated...
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  • Orange Mountains can refer to: Jayawijaya Mountains - mountain range in Indonesia Watchung Mountains - mountain range in New Jersey This disambiguation...
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    Watchung (/wɑːˈtʃʌŋ/) is a borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located approximately 29 miles (47 km) west of New York City. As...
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    Lake Passaic (category Watchung Mountains)
    drainage of the ancestral Passaic River through a gap in the central Watchung Mountains. The lake persisted for several thousand years as melting ice and...
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    The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province and subrange of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern...
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    eastern side of the United States, it includes the Appalachian Mountains, the Watchung Mountains, the Adirondacks and New England province originally containing...
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    County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a...
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    Trap rock (redirect from Traprock mountains)
    of trap rock. Basalt Mountain near Basalt, Colorado. The Metacomet Ridge of Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Watchung Mountains of New Jersey Devils...
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    of present-day northern New Jersey, along the eastern side of the Watchung Mountains to Bound Brook, New Jersey and then on into the Atlantic Ocean via...
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    200 km2) escarpment. The topological mountains are also a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. The Pocono Mountains are a popular recreational destination...
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  • Wayne in Passaic County, New Jersey Preakness Range, a range of the Watchung Mountains in northern New Jersey Preakness Stud, a former thoroughbred horse...
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    Campgaw Mountain is the northernmost ridge of the volcanically formed Watchung Mountains, along the border of Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Mahwah in Bergen...
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    entering suburban areas in Somerset County. The road crosses the Watchung Mountains, widening into a local–express lane configuration at Route 24 as it...
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    producing episodic flood basalts responsible for the creation of the Watchung Mountains. Despite the rarity of strong East Coast earthquakes in the United...
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    and Watchung Mountains were major geographic landmarks amidst the untouched wilderness. West Orange is located at the peak of the Watchung Mountains. This...
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    through suburban areas of Morris and Essex counties, crossing the Watchung Mountains. Upon reaching The Oranges, the setting becomes more urbanized and...
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    important crossing of the Passaic River, and being close to a gap in the Watchung Mountains. The residents of the English community changed its name from John...
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  • Lenape Trail (category Watchung Mountains)
    and its suburbs, as well as the Watchung Mountains and Passaic Meadows. Because of the steepness of the Watchung Mountains and the flood-prone nature of...
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    Hills Long Island North Jersey Poconos Raritan Valley Skylands Region Somerset Hills Watchung Mountains Western Connecticut See also Northeast megalopolis...
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    references the 2nd Watchung Mountain which crosses Bedminster as well as the Bernardsville Mountain that is the highest mountain in the region. The Somerset...
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    county rises from generally flat in the east to the twin ridges of the Watchung Mountains in the western half, beyond which the land lowers again into the Passaic...
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    It borders South Orange between the first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains. Carved from wilderness at the end of the 19th century, designed by...
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    west side of the Hudson River across from New York City), and The Watchung Mountains in Northern New Jersey. The sedimentary rocks are Late Triassic in...
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    the Watchung Mountains (sometimes known as the First Watchung Mountain) passing through the township. Additionally, the Second Ridge (Second Mountain) passes...
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    of present-day northern New Jersey, along the eastern side of the Watchung Mountains to Bound Brook, New Jersey, and then on into the Atlantic via Raritan...
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    ago. Formerly the Passaic had followed a shorter course through the Watchung Mountains near present-day Summit. As the glacier receded, the river's previous...
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    Hills Long Island North Jersey Poconos Raritan Valley Skylands Region Somerset Hills Watchung Mountains Western Connecticut See also Northeast megalopolis...
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    the Narrows had not yet been formed and the Hudson flowed along the Watchung Mountains to present-day Bound Brook, then followed the course of the Raritan...
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