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New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area). [3] The state borders six U.S. states: Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Connecticut, Rhode Island (across Long Island Sound ), Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east.
Due to New York's relatively large land area and unique geography compared to other eastern states, there are several distinct ecoregions present in the state, many of them reduced heavily due to urbanization and other human activities: Southern Great Lakes forests in Western New York, New England–Acadian forests on the New England border ...
New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate , encompasses New York City , the most populous city in the United States, with over twice the population of Los Angeles , the nation's second-largest city; Long Island , the nation's most populous island; and the suburbs and wealthy enclaves of the lower ...
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. Much of ...
Official name: State of New York; Abbreviations and name codes; Postal symbol: NY; ISO 3166-2 code: US-NY; Internet second-level domain: .ny.us; Nicknames The Empire State (currently used on license plates) Adjectival: New York; Demonym: New Yorker; Geography of New York. Geography of New York
Geography of New York may refer to: Geography of New York (state) Geography of New York City. Category: Disambiguation pages.
The geology of the State of New York is made up of ancient Precambrian crystalline basement rock, forming the Adirondack Mountains and the bedrock of much of the state. These rocks experienced numerous deformations during mountain building events and much of the region was flooded by shallow seas depositing thick sequences of sedimentary rock ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Geography of New York (state) by county (62 C) Geography of New York (state) by populated place (7 C)
This category has the following 62 subcategories, out of 62 total. Historic districts in New York (state) by county (56 C) Landforms of New York (state) by county (66 C) Geography of the New York metropolitan area by county (27 C) Populated places in New York (state) by county (63 C)
Category: Geography of New York (state) by city. 3 languages. ... Geography of New Rochelle, New York (1 C, 32 P) Geography of New York City (15 C, 10 P) R.