Animals of the Hackensack Meadowlands

Depth to bedrock ranges from 8 to 81 meters (25 to 265 feet) below the wetland surfaces (Widmer 1964). The Hackensack River Valley, in which the Meadowlands lie, is separated from the Passaic River Valley on the west by a low sandstone ridge, and from the Hudson River on the east by a narrow ridge of igneous rock (Palisades diabase, locally ... ................
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