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754:Rainbow Lake
744:Pompton Lake
689:Estling Lake
648:Weasel Brook
621:Slough Brook
611:Second River
594:Saddle River
568:Mahwah River
563:Ramapo River
562:
516:Goffle Brook
486:Cory's Brook
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260:, New York.
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192:Pompton Lake
184:Ramapo Fault
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128:Ramapo River
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38:Please help
33:verification
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1504:Dock Bridge
1459:Tuxedo Park
1216:West Orange
1201:East Orange
1196:The Oranges
946:Essex Fells
931:East Newark
889:Cedar Grove
852:Bridgewater
769:Verona Lake
749:Ramapo Lake
719:Lake Tappan
709:Indian Lake
643:Third River
511:Great Brook
501:First River
481:Canoe Brook
476:Black Brook
469:Tributaries
419: /
293:crustaceans
238:fly fishing
1668:Categories
1413:Wood-Ridge
1383:Washington
1368:Wallington
1308:Rutherford
1243:Pequannock
1151:Morristown
1066:Livingston
991:Hackensack
981:Glen Ridge
832:Bloomfield
812:Belleville
800:New Jersey
679:Cedar Lake
606:Salt Brook
491:Dead River
407:74°17′30″W
404:41°03′27″N
373:References
290:Fossilized
252:, and the
231:Tuxedo, NY
208:Pequannock
144:New Jersey
66:newspapers
1601:Main Line
1472:Crossings
1278:Riverdale
1136:Montville
1126:Montclair
1121:Mine Hill
1081:Lyndhurst
1076:Long Hill
1041:Jefferson
1031:Hillsdale
1026:Hawthorne
1011:Hardyston
986:Glen Rock
961:Far Hills
951:Fair Lawn
884:Carlstadt
807:Allendale
463:watershed
132:tributary
1434:Hillburn
1427:New York
1363:Waldwick
1298:Roseland
1273:Ringwood
1263:Randolph
1238:Paterson
1131:Montvale
1116:Millburn
1051:Kinnelon
1016:Harrison
976:Garfield
916:Denville
867:Caldwell
822:Bernards
329:See also
164:Harriman
140:New York
1689:Ramapos
1564:PD Draw
1449:Suffern
1418:Wyckoff
1398:Wharton
1373:Wanaque
1233:Passaic
1223:Paramus
1191:Oakland
1096:Maywood
1086:Madison
1036:Hohokus
1006:Harding
1001:Hanover
996:Haledon
911:Clifton
264:History
258:Suffern
188:Oakland
146:in the
134:of the
80:scholar
1454:Tuxedo
1444:Ramapo
1439:Monroe
1378:Warren
1353:Verona
1348:Vernon
1338:Totowa
1333:Summit
1328:Sparta
1258:Ramsey
1206:Orange
1186:Nutley
1171:Newark
1091:Mahwah
1046:Kearny
857:Butler
270:Lenape
248:, the
154:Course
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1388:Wayne
921:Dover
793:Towns
657:Lakes
242:trout
212:Wayne
204:Wayne
130:is a
87:JSTOR
73:books
1071:Lodi
306:and
210:and
202:and
126:The
59:news
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240:of
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