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30 mag 2024 · East River, navigable tidal strait linking Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound, New York City, U.S. It separates Manhattan Island from Brooklyn and Queens. About 16 miles (26 km) long and 600–4,000 feet (200–1200 metres) wide, it connects with the Hudson River via the Harlem River and Spuyten.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
6 giorni fa · The Danube, the second longest river in Europe, is notable for flowing through or past ten countries; the Rhine through or past six. The Volga, the longest river in Europe, unites a huge region of European Russia; eleven of the twenty largest cities in Russia lie on its banks.
3 giorni fa · Danube is an Old European river name derived from the Celtic 'danu' or 'don' (both Celtic gods), which itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European *deh₂nu. Other European river names from the same root include the Dunaj, Dzvina/Daugava, Don, Donets, Dnieper, Dniestr, Dysna and Tana/Deatnu.
10 giu 2024 · The East River, a tidal strait connecting the Hudson River and Long Island Sound, is one such fascinating phenomenon. In this article, I will delve into the depths of the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, shedding light on its unique characteristics and answering some frequently asked questions.
- Hubert Wolf
18 lug 2012 · The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Part II: The East River. Benjamin Waldman. Welcome back to Part II of Benjamin Waldman’s walk around the island of Manhattan. Yesterday we explored the...
3 giu 2024 · The Harlem River separates the island of Manhattan from the Bronx, and connects the Hudson River and East River/Long Island Sound. This nine-mile long tidal strait was once a complex system of tributaries, wetlands, and meandering shorelines.
