Mullica River
Overview
New Jersey
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in the United States
United States
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. The Mullica was once known as the Little Egg Harbor River.
The river provides one of the principal drainages into the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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of the extensive Pinelands. Its estuary
Estuary
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on Great Bay
Great Bay (New Jersey)
Great Bay is located in southern New Jersey's Atlantic Coastal Plain in Ocean and Atlantic Counties, about ten miles north of Atlantic City and 87 mi south of New York City. The Mullica River flows into the bay, and together they form the Mullica River - Great Bay estuary habitat. The bay is...
is considered one of the least-disturbed marine wetlands habitats in the northeastern United States.
It rises in central Camden County
Camden County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...
, near Berlin
Berlin, New Jersey
Berlin is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,588.Berlin was incorporated as a borough on March 29, 1927, from portions of Berlin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 26,...
, on the southeastern fringes of the New Jersey suburb
Suburb
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s of Philadelphia.
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