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  2. Hudson River - Wikipedia

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    The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...

  3. History of the Hudson River - Wikipedia

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    History of the Hudson River. The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river in New York. The river is named after Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who explored it in 1609, and after whom Canada's Hudson Bay is also named. It had previously been observed by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sailing for ...

  4. Hudson Valley - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County, bordering New York City.

  5. Portal:Hudson Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Hudson Valley Portal. Farm in Brunswick. The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County, bordering New York City.

  6. Hudson River Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Hudson River Historic District, also known as Hudson River Heritage Historic District, is the largest Federally designated district on the mainland of the contiguous United States. [ 3] It covers an area of 22,205 acres (34.6 square miles, 89 km 2) extending inland roughly a mile (1.6 km) from the east bank of the Hudson River between ...

  7. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.

  8. The Palisades (Hudson River) - Wikipedia

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    The Palisades are among the most dramatic geologic features in the vicinity of New York City, forming a canyon of the Hudson north of the George Washington Bridge, as well as providing a vista of the Manhattan skyline. They sit in the Newark Basin, a rift basin located mostly in New Jersey. Palisade is derived from the same root as the word ...

  9. Henderson Lake (New York) - Wikipedia

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    Henderson Lake is located in the Adirondack Mountains in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, New York in the United States. It was named in 1826 after David Henderson, one of the founders of the Elba Iron Works near Lake Placid, New York, [2] and of the Upper Works at Tahawus, New York. [3] The lake is mainly cited by cartographers as the place ...