Raritan River

Raritan River Rariton
Raritan River as seen from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
Raritan River watershed: empties near Staten Island in Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
Etymology	Raritan Indian tribe
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset, Union
Municipalities	Raritan, Clinton, Bridgewater Township, Somerville, Bound Brook, South Bound Brook, Piscataway, Franklin Township, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Edison, East Brunswick, Sayreville, Woodbridge, Perth Amboy, South Amboy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Confluence of South Branch Raritan River and North Branch Raritan River
• coordinates	40°33′20″N 74°41′14″W / 40.55556°N 74.68722°W / 40.55556; -74.68722[1]
• elevation	47.7 ft (14.5 m)
Mouth
• location	Raritan Bay
• coordinates	40°29′41″N 74°16′17″W / 40.49472°N 74.27139°W / 40.49472; -74.27139[1]
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	69.6 mi (112.0 km)
Basin size	1,100 sq mi (700,000 acres; 2,800 km2)
Width
• average	200 ft (61 m)
Depth
• minimum	9 ft (2.7 m)
• maximum	25 ft (7.6 m)
Discharge
• location	Bound Brook
• average	1,070 cu ft/s (30 m3/s)
• minimum	100 cu ft/s (2.8 m3/s)
• maximum	10,800 cu ft/s (310 m3/s)
Basin features
Population	~1.2 million
Tributaries
• left	Peters Brook, Cuckles Brook, Middle Brook, Green Brook, Mill Brook, Red Root Creek, Crows Mill Creek
• right	Dukes Brook, Millstone River, Fox Creek, Mile Run, Lawrence Brook, South River
Bridges	Victory Bridge, Edison Bridge, Driscoll Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, U.S. Highway No. 1 Bridge, highway bridge over South River at the town of South River

The Raritan River is a major river of New Jersey. Its watershed drains much of the mountainous area of the central part of the state, emptying into the Raritan Bay on the Atlantic Ocean.