▁a ▁dense ▁mar sh ▁terrain , ▁histor ically ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" D rown ed ▁Land s ▁of ▁the ▁Wall kill ", ▁before ▁flow ing ▁into ▁the ▁Wall kill ▁River ▁east ▁of ▁Sus sex ▁bor ough ▁and ▁north ▁of ▁Hamburg ▁bor ough . ▁ ▁W aters hed ▁ ▁Ge ology ▁and ▁top ography ▁ ▁Pap ak ting ▁Creek ▁dra ins ▁a ▁waters hed ▁of ▁ ▁or ▁ ▁in ▁area . ▁It ▁includes ▁port ions ▁of ▁Frank ford , ▁La f ay ette , ▁Mont ague , ▁and ▁W antage ▁Town ships , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁all ▁of ▁Sus sex ▁Bor ough . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Department ▁of ▁Environment al ▁Prote ction ▁( N J DE P ), ▁the ▁waters hed ▁consists ▁of ▁g ently ▁s lop ing ▁agricult ural ▁farm ▁fields , ▁wood ed ▁for ests , ▁wet lands , ▁low - dens ity ▁resident ial ▁development ▁and ▁older ▁individually ▁built ▁homes . ▁Its ▁top ography ▁ranges ▁from ▁g ently ▁rolling ▁in ▁the ▁east ▁to ▁strongly ▁s lop ing ▁in ▁the ▁west . ▁Its ▁waters hed ▁cont ributes ▁to ▁the ▁Wall kill ▁River ▁which ▁flows ▁north ▁and ▁joins ▁the ▁waters ▁of ▁R ond out ▁Creek ▁at ▁Es opus , ▁New ▁York , ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁before ▁the ▁R ond out ▁flows ▁into ▁the ▁Hudson ▁River ▁near ▁King ston , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁Pap ak ating ' s ▁waters hed ' s ▁a cre age , ▁ ▁or ▁ 2 7 . 7 % ▁of ▁agricult ural ▁land