Harlem River
Sign in to savetidal strait in New York City, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Municipality
- New York City
- Source
- Hudson River
- Coordinates
- 40°52′42″N 73°55′33″W / 40.87843°N 73.92594°W / 40.87843; -73.92594
- Mouth
- East River
- Length
- 8 mi (13 km)
- Left
- Bronx Kill
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- strait
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York City
- Image
- Accessible Harlem River.png
- Length
- 13
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- native label
- Harlem River
- Commons category
- Harlem River
- topic's main category
- Category:Harlem River
- basin country
- United States
- mouth of the watercourse
- East River
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Encyclopedic overview
The Harlem River is an 8-mile (13 km) tidal strait in New York City, flowing between the Hudson River and the East River. It separates the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the United States mainland.
The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, has been significantly altered for navigation purposes. Originally it curved around the north of Marble Hill, but in 1895 the Harlem Ship Canal was dug between Manhattan and Marble Hill, and in 1914 the original course was filled in.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harlem River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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