Raritan River

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river

The Raritan River is a major river in central New Jersey that flows eastward into Raritan Bay and serves as an important natural and historical waterway for the region.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Raritan River watershed	4
North Branch Raritan River	2
Raritan River Basin	1
Raritan River waterfront	1
South Branch Raritan River	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
adjacentTo	Rutgers University ⓘ surface form: Rutgers University–New Brunswick
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
drainageBasin	Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Raritan River watershed
ecoregion	Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
emptiesInto	Raritan Bay ⓘ
flowsDirection	eastward ⓘ
flowsThrough	Hunterdon County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercer County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Middlesex County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerset County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridge	Albany Street Bridge ⓘ John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEstuary	tidal lower Raritan River ⓘ
historicalUse	industrial waterway ⓘ trade and commerce route ⓘ transportation route in colonial New Jersey ⓘ
length	approximately 112 km ⓘ approximately 70 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Central New Jersey ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
mouthLocation	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Raritan Bay ⓘ
notableFor	environmental restoration efforts ⓘ role in development of central New Jersey ⓘ
partOf	Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Raritan River Basin
passesNear	Bridgewater, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Edison, New Jersey ⓘ Piscataway, New Jersey ⓘ Somerville, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Highland Park, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ New Brunswick, New Jersey ⓘ
region	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
sourceLocation	near Flemington, New Jersey ⓘ western New Jersey ⓘ
state	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
tributary	Bound Brook, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Bound Brook Green Brook ⓘ Lawrence Brook ⓘ Millstone River ⓘ Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Branch Raritan River Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Branch Raritan River South River ⓘ
usedFor	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johnson Park → adjacentTo → Raritan River ⓘ

Piscataway, New Jersey → borderedBy → Raritan River ⓘ

Middlesex County → borderedByRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

North Brunswick Township, New Jersey → borderedByRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Raritan Bay → connectedTo → Raritan River ⓘ

Middlesex County, New Jersey → contains → Raritan River ⓘ

Hillsborough Township, New Jersey → crossedByRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Raritan River → drainageBasin → Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River watershed

Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail → followsRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Johnson Park → followsWatercourse → Raritan River ⓘ

Highland Park, New Jersey → hasFeature → Raritan River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River waterfront

Central New Jersey → hasMajorRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Bedminster, New Jersey → hasRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Branch Raritan River

Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey → hasRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Metlar–Bodine House Museum → locatedNear → Raritan River ⓘ

Riverside Park → locatedNear → Raritan River ⓘ

subject surface form: Riverside Park (Piscataway, New Jersey)

Somerville, New Jersey → locatedNear → Raritan River ⓘ

Edison → locatedOn → Raritan River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River watershed

Middlesex Borough, New Jersey → locatedOn → Raritan River ⓘ

Piscataway, New Jersey → locatedOn → Raritan River ⓘ

Bound Brook, New Jersey → locatedOnRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Highland Park, New Jersey → locatedOnRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

New Brunswick, New Jersey → locatedOnRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

New Jersey, United States → majorRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

subject surface form: New Jersey

Millstone River → mouthLocatedIn → Raritan River ⓘ

Rutgers Stadium → near → Raritan River ⓘ

SHI Stadium → near → Raritan River ⓘ

Somerset, New Jersey → nearRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Millstone River → partOf → Raritan River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River watershed

Raritan River → partOf → Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River Basin

Kingston, New Jersey → partOfWatershed → Raritan River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Raritan River watershed

Raritan Bay → receivesWaterFrom → Raritan River ⓘ

Highland Park, New Jersey → separatedFromBy → Raritan River ⓘ

Somerset County, New Jersey → traversedByRiver → Raritan River ⓘ

Raritan River → tributary → Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Branch Raritan River

Raritan River → tributary → Raritan River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Branch Raritan River

Millstone River → tributaryOf → Raritan River ⓘ