A river of the northeastern United States flowing south from the Adirondack Mountains past Albany and New York City to the Atlantic, named for the English navigator Henry Hudson. Its lower estuary and harbor have made it central to the commercial and cultural development of New York.
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Source Hudson River (Wikipedia)
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Wikidata: Hudson River
Hudson River (Wikipedia)
Shaped By: Glacial Erosion, Lead paragraphQuote, Shaped By: Glacial Erosion, Lead paragraph
The lower half of the river is a tidal estuary, deeper than the body of water into which it flows, occupying the Hudson Fjord, an inlet that was carved out by North American glaciers.
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