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The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. Two other large, contiguous examples of this ecosystem remain in the northeastern United States: the Long Island Central Pine ...
1909. Capacity. 238,000 bbl/d (37,800 m 3 /d) Bayway Refinery is a refining facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey, owned by Phillips 66. Located in Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey, and bisected by Morses Creek, it is the northernmost refinery on the East Coast of the United States. The oil refinery converts crude oil (supplied by ...
Sussex County, New Jersey. Sussex County (/ ˈsʌsɪks /) is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton. [4] It is part of the New York metropolitan area and is part of New Jersey's Skylands Region. As of the 2020 census, the county was the state's 17th-most-populous county, [9] with a population of ...
New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of New York City. During the 20th century, much of the Meadowlands area was urbanized, and it became known for ...
Contents. Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary. The New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary has a variety of flora and fauna. Much of the harbor originally consisted of tidal marshes that have been dramatically transformed by the development of port facilities. [ 1 ] The estuary itself supports a great variety of thriving estuarine ...
Menhaden, a baitfish that is rich with omega-3 fatty acids and an important food source for humpback whales that feed off the New Jersey coast, are in the crosshairs of a legal battle in a U.S ...
Paramus (/ p ə ˈ r æ m ə s / pə-RAM-əs [20]) is a borough in the central portion of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.A suburban bedroom community of New York City, Paramus is located 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Upper Manhattan.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 census, the county was the state's 4th-least populous county, [6] with a population of 128,947, [3][4] an increase of 598 (+0.5%) from the 2010 census count of 128,349. [7] Its county seat is Flemington. [1]