NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...

crossing the county m a northeasterly and southwesterly d_rection,viz.: the _lue or Kittatinny Mountain, extending alongthe northwestern boundary of the county, from the State!ofNew York to PennSylvania.; the Series ()f hilIs or ridges forming'thePochuek Mountain and Pimple Hill .and thai pal:t'bfthe Highlands known as the Wawayanda, Wal!kill and AndovdrMountains,. . stretching along, the _butheastern. .b°rder' . of th:ecounty.Corresponding with the 'mount_iin i'anges are three valleys,viz. : the valley of the DelaWare, sitdated between the foot ofthe northwestern Slope of the Blue Mountain and the DelawareRiver; the Kittafinuy valley, ten miles in width, extendingfrom the southeastern base of the.Blue Mountain tb thePochuck and Pimple Hill range ; and the valley of the WallkilljSituated between the latter and the Highlands. Whilethe mountains ate characterized b_ a rbck_ meagre, an.d unproductivesoil_ and _overed with trees of various species, andthickets of _rub oaks, the Valleys are fertile, with a soil ofalluvial and diluvial originj easily eultivated_ and bountifullyrewarding industry.The mountains_ valleys and'plains, are watered by numei'-ous sprlngs_ lakes and rivers. The fSrmer are every where tObe found 0n .the elevated lands; and this, together with thepeculiar'adaptation of the soil to the gro_vth of grass, rendersthe 'country admirably _tted to the re_irin_ of'fine stock_ forWhich it is somewhat celebrated. , i' _ The numerous lakee_ situate;t upon thehighest landsj foro- ' a striking feature in the physical a./pect of thd country. They'are sometimes one mile, sometim6s Several in!los, in length andwidths" ai_d' 'they abound in the. choicest' varieties of fish.'.Among them' ma_" be mentmned " the Wawayanua _ ' Lake locatedupon the n/oufitain of the sa_he name, 'and Which is a beautifulsheet of Water about two miles in length, half a mile -in,width, and'from nihetj7 to one h_hdred 'fe_t in depth i the MachipaconkLake,..oa the Blue'_fountain, thi'ee quartersof'amile in length and half a mile in width ; Cedar Swamp Lake_on the Blue .Mountain, near the l_ew. York State line, dudNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY