Passaic River facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsPassaic River
	Passaic River in Bergen and Passaic Counties
	The Passaic and Hackensack watersheds
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Union, Somerset
District	Northern New Jersey, Gateway, Skylands
Cities	Newark, Paterson, Clifton, Garfield, Passaic
Physical characteristics
Main source	Unnamed Pond; Mendham; 540 ft (160 m)
River mouth	Newark Bay; Newark; 0 ft (0 m)
Length	80 mi (130 km)
Discharge; (location 2)	Location:; Chatham; Average rate:; 320 cu ft/s (9.1 m3/s);
Basin features
Basin size	935 sq mi (2,420 km2)
Tributaries	Left:; Rockaway River, Pompton River, Saddle River; Right:; Dead River;

The Passaic River ( pə-SAY-ik) is a river, about 80 mi (129 km) long, in northern New Jersey in the United States.

Images for kids

Flowing between Summit and Chatham.
The tanker Patrick Sky clearing the NX Bascule Bridge in Newark, the last hurdle before unloading its cargo of over 200,000 gallons of biodiesel.
The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson
Weasel Brook, one of the Passaic River's tributaries, running alongside Clifton Public School#17; the school was built on the site of Little Weasel Brook Park, a former Passaic County park sold to the city to build the school
Tributaries of the Passaic River's North Bend
Source of the Passaic, in Mendham