Editing Bass River Township, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:2021-07-22 09 30 37 Marshes along the lower reaches of the Bass River viewed from New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) in Bass River Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.jpg|285px|thumb|right|Marshes along the lower [[Bass River (New Jersey)|Bass River]], viewed from the [[Garden State Parkway]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 78.41 square miles (203.09&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 75.12 square miles (194.57&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 3.29 square miles (8.52&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (4.19%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Allens Bridge, Bass River State Forest, Calico, Charcoal Landing, Doctors Point, Frogtown, [[Harrisville, New Jersey|Harrisville]], High Bridge, Leektown, Martha, Merrygold, Munion Field, [[New Gretna, New Jersey|New Gretna]], Oak Island, Oswego Lake, Sim Place, State Forest and Wading River.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed January 11, 2025.</ref>

The township borders [[Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey|Washington Township]] and [[Woodland Township, New Jersey|Woodland Township]] in Burlington County; [[Galloway Township, New Jersey|Galloway Township]] and [[Port Republic, New Jersey|Port Republic]] in [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]]; and both [[Barnegat Township, New Jersey|Barnegat Township]] and [[Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Little Egg Harbor Township]] in [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/600432/touches.html Areas touching Bass River Township], MapIt. Accessed March 18, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.dvrpc.org/Mapping/Maps/pdf/Burlington_MCDs.pdf Municipalities within Burlington County, NJ], [[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]]. Accessed March 18, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

The township is one of 56 South Jersey municipalities that are included within the [[New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve]], a protected natural area of unique ecology covering {{convert|1100000|acre}}, that has been classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and established by Congress in 1978 as the nation's first National Reserve.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/pinelands/reserve/ The Pinelands National Reserve], [[New Jersey Pinelands Commission]]. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref> All of the township is included in either the state-designated Pinelands area or the Pinelands National Reserve, which includes portions of Burlington County, along with areas in [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]], [[Camden County, New Jersey|Camden]], [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May]], [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland]], [[Gloucester County, New Jersey|Gloucester]] and [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean]] counties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/home/munico/municipalities/ Pinelands Municipalities], [[New Jersey Pinelands Commission]], April 2003. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref>