The Saddle River flows south through much of Bergen County, New Jersey. The river runs through densely populated suburban areas for much of its course. Location in the state of New Jersey Formed 1683 Seat Hackensack Area  - Total  - Water 606 km² (234 mi²) 33 km² (13 mi²) 5. ... State nickname: The Garden State Official languages None defined Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Acting, Outgoing Jon Corzine (D) (Governor-Elect) Senators Jon Corzine (D) (Outgoing) Frank Lautenberg (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 14. ...

The headwaters of the Saddle River are in the piedmont terrain of Rockland County, in southern New York state. Streams from this area flow south, forming the Saddle River at their confluence, two miles south of the New York state border, in the town of Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Rockland County is a county located in the state of New York. ... State nickname: The Empire State Official languages None. ... Upper Saddle River is a town located in Bergen County, New Jersey. ...

From its feeder streams in Upper Saddle River, the Saddle River continues south, passing through the towns of Saddle River, Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Paramus, Fair Lawn, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Lodi, Garfield, and Wallington. Map highlighting Saddle Rivers location within Bergen County. ... Waldwick is a borough located in Bergen County, New Jersey. ... Map highlighting Ho-Ho-Kus location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Ridgewoods location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Glen Rocks location within Bergen County. ... Paramus is a borough located in Bergen County, New Jersey. ... Map highlighting Fair Lawns location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Rochelle Parks location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Saddle Brooks location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Lodis location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Garfields location within Bergen County. ... Map highlighting Wallingtons location within Bergen County. ...

The Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, a major tributary, joins the Saddle River at the Dunkerhook area of Saddle River County Park. Their confluence marks the border of four Bergen County towns: Ridgewood, Paramus, Glen Rock and Fairlawn.

The terminus of the Saddle River is at Garfield and Wallington, where the waterway empties into the Passaic River. The Passaic River drains to the sea at Newark Bay. The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey The Passaic River is a tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long), in northern New Jersey in the United States. ... Newark Bay, as seen from the waterfront of Bayonne, New Jersey Newark Bay is shown highlighted on a TERRA image of New York Harbor Newark Bay is a body of water, a tiday back bay of New York Harbor formed at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers. ...

The northern part of the Saddle River watershed drains an area between the Ramapo River watershed to the west, and the Hackensack River watershed to the east. The Ramapo River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southern New York and northern New Jersey in the United States. ... The Hackensack River, as seen from the New Jersey Turnpike. ...

Fish species in the Saddle River include largemouth bass, pickerel, bullhead catfish, sunfish and different varieties of trout. The trout are stocked by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife [1]. Binomial name Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802) The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... Species  E. americanus –       grass and redfin pickerels  E. lucius – northern pike  E. masquinongy – muskellunge  E. niger – chain pickerel   – Amur pike Esox Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. ... Binomial name Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758 The Bullhead or Millers Thumb (Cottus gobio) is a fish of the sculpin family (Cottidae). ... Genera  Acantharchus  Ambloplites  Archoplites  Centrarchus  Enneacanthus  Lepomis  Micropterus  Pomoxis Sunfish range Ambloplites rupestris Micropterus dolomieu Pomoxis nigromaculatus The sunfishes are a family (Centrarchidae) of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the order Perciformes. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...

Tributaries

• Ho-Ho-Kus Brook

See also

• List of New Jersey rivers

This is a list of rivers in New Jersey in the United States. ...

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey: NJ stream gaging stations