The Geography of New Jersey

Chapter 4: POSITION AND SIZE

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The text surveys the physical and human geography of New Jersey, opening with early settlement history and progressing through maps of position, size, and topography. It describes four physiographic provinces - the Appalachian zone with Kittatinny Mountain and valley, the Highlands, the Piedmont Plateau, and the Coastal Plain - treating relief, climate, drainage, soils, vegetation, and wildlife. Later sections discuss agricultural practices, mineral resources, transportation and travel, recreational areas and health resorts, population distribution, and civic institutions such as government and education, with tables and illustrative maps to support classroom use.

POSITION AND SIZE

Tri-States Rock in the Delaware River. The rock on which the man stands is at the intersection of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York boundaries

New Jersey lies between 73° 55′ and 75° 32′ west longitude and between 38° 56′ and 41° 21′ north latitude. Its northernmost point is marked by a rock on the shore of the Delaware River just south of Port Jervis, New York, known as Tri-States Rock. From this point to Cape May the length of the state is 166 miles. Its narrowest part, between Trenton and Raritan Bay, is 335 miles wide. Its widest part, measured on a line extending northwest from Great Egg Inlet, is 57 miles wide.

It is the smallest of the Middle Atlantic states and has an area of 8224 square miles, of which 7514 square miles are land surface and 710 square miles are water surface. It is the forty-fifth of the states in size.