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Size
& Location: The Lower Raritan WMA is 352 square
miles.
Located
in Central New Jersey, the WMA is surrounded by the Upper Passaic to the
north, the Arthur Kill and Monmouth Watersheds to the east, the
Millstone to the southwest and the North & South Branch to the
west.
 Major Waterways:
The main-stem Raritan River, Green Brook, South
River, Lawrence Brook, Manalapan Brook
Major Highways:
Interstate 287, the New Jersey Turnpike, US Highways 1 &
9, State Routes 18 & 28
Counties:
Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Union
List
of Municipalities
Open
Space Areas: Thompson Park, Jamesburg Park,
Monmouth Battlefield
Land Use
Percentages in 1995:
Agriculture
- 7.0%
Barren Land - 2.1%
Forest - 17.5%
Urban - 51.3%
Water - 2.4%
Wetland - 19.7%
Source:
NJDEP,
Office of Information Resources Management, Bureau of Geographic and
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