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The Narrows is the tidal strait separating the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City.It connects the Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay (of larger New York Bay) and forms the principal channel by which the Hudson River flowing south from upstate New York and the New England regions, empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
Seymour Narrows is notable also because the flowing current can be sufficiently turbulent to realize a Reynolds number of about , i.e. one hundred million, which is possibly the largest Reynolds number regularly attained in natural water channels on Earth (the current speed is about 8 m/s, 26 ft/s, the nominal depth about 100 m, 330 ft). [4]
At peak flows, standing waves, whitecaps, and whirlpools form at the rapids even in calm weather. The narrows are also the site of Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park. Each day, tides force large amounts of seawater through the narrows—760,000,000 m 3 (200 × 10 ^ 9 US gal) of water on a 3 m (9.8 ft) tide. The difference in water levels on ...
A narrows or narrow (used interchangeably but usually in the plural form), is a restricted land or water passage. Most commonly a narrows is a strait , [ 1 ] though it can also be a water gap . A narrows may form where a stream passes through a tilted bed of hard rock lying between two softer beds: "[i]f the hard beds are vertical, so that ...
The American Narrows is a channel in Jefferson County, New York. [1] It refers to a very narrow but deep section of the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York. With its strong currents and jagged rocks it has been the cause of demise for more than one vessel. It was the site of the NEPCO 140 Oil Spill in 1976. [2]
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Tolls on all highways except the Tacoma Narrows Bridge are variable, depending on the time of day. For HOT lane systems (also known as express toll lanes), tolls are set within a minimum and maximum value, and vary based on current traffic conditions.
Tropical Storm Sara is "meandering" off the coast of Honduras, bringing heavy rain, “catastrophic” flooding and mudslides to portions of Central America, forecasters say.