What it is: New Jersey’s Pine Barrens are crossed with numerous streams and small rivers that twist their way through the woods on their way to estuaries and, ultimately, the ocean.
Most of the water in these streams is supplied by the vast Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, a massive groundwater supply that lies very close to the surface in some parts of the Pine Barrens.
Water from the aquifer – a precious resource in and of itself – seeps up through the ground into streams in four major watersheds. The largest is the Mullica River watershed, which contains the rivers and streams that typify the area’s waterways: the Wading and its tributary the Oswego, the Batsto and the Mullica itself.
http://manchester-nj.patch.com/articles/exploring-the-pine-barrens-rivers-and-streams
Most of the water in these streams is supplied by the vast Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, a massive groundwater supply that lies very close to the surface in some parts of the Pine Barrens.
Water from the aquifer – a precious resource in and of itself – seeps up through the ground into streams in four major watersheds. The largest is the Mullica River watershed, which contains the rivers and streams that typify the area’s waterways: the Wading and its tributary the Oswego, the Batsto and the Mullica itself.
http://manchester-nj.patch.com/articles/exploring-the-pine-barrens-rivers-and-streams