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Middle Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Somerset, New Jersey in the United States. The stream can be referred to as Rha-weigh-weiros, a Native American name meaning "running from a deep hole", on early maps of the area.〔(The story of an old farm: or, Life in New Jersey in the eighteenth ..., Part 1, p. 169; By Andrew D. Mellick )〕 The Middle Brook's western and eastern branches drain the Washington Valley between the first and second Watchung Mountain ridges in Bridgewater Township and the western part of Warren Township. The two branches unite in the Bound Brook Gap and the Middle Brook runs southward where it enters the Raritan in Bound Brook. The total drainage area is 17.2 m².〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=USGS ) 〕 The Western Branch is followed by the Middle Brook Trail, a public hiking trail.〔(Middle Brook Trail )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 author=Bridgewater Township )〕 In Washington Valley Park, the brook forms an artificial lake, the Washington Valley Reservoir. The smaller Eastern Branch is also dammed and then cascades over the Buttermilk Falls in Washington Valley Park. The Middle Brook section in Bound Brook is being regulated as part of the Green Brook Flood Control Project in an attempt to spare Bound Brook flooding from backwater from the Raritan that can enter the terminal section of the Middle Brook. ==See also== *List of rivers of New Jersey *Middlebrook encampment 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middle Brook (Raritan River)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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