Toms River
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For the township, see Toms River, New Jersey. For other uses, see Toms River (disambiguation).
The Toms River is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km)[1] freshwater river and estuary in Ocean County, New Jersey in the United States.
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Toms River Goose Neck Creek, Goose Creek, Toms Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
Municipality | Toms River, New Jersey |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Millstone Township, New Jersey |
• coordinates | 40.19746°N 74.41973°W / 40.19746; -74.41973 |
• elevation | 226 feet (69 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Toms River, New Jersey |
• coordinates | 39.93880°N 74.11201°W / 39.93880; -74.11201 |
Width | |
• maximum | 1.08 miles (1.74 km) at mouth |
Discharge | |
• location | 39.987°N 74.223°W / 39.987; -74.223 |
• average | 191 cu ft/s (5.4 m3/s) |
• minimum | 37 cu ft/s (1.0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 3,940 cu ft/s (112 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Cities | Millstone Township, Freehold Township, Jackson Township, Manchester Township, Berkeley Township, Toms River, South Toms River, Beachwood, Pine Beach, Island Heights, Ocean Gate |
Waterbodies | Lake Hohenstein, Barnegat Bay |
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The Toms River rises in the Pine Barrens of northern Ocean County and flows southeast and east, fed by several branches, in a meandering course through area wetlands, emptying into Barnegat Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, and the Intracoastal Waterway at Mile 14.6.[2]