Hudson River facts for kids
The Hudson River is in the State of New York in the United States. It is about 315 miles (507 km) long. The river runs from Lake Tear of the Clouds near Mount Marcy in Essex County in the north part of the state to New York Harbor in New York City at the south part of the state. It is named for Henry Hudson.
The Hudson River is a special kind of river called an estuary. There is some salt in the water from New York City north until Poughkeepsie. It is then fresh water from Poughkeepsie north until Lake Tear of the Clouds. The border for the salt in the water moves when the tide rises and falls. The Hudson is part of the Erie Canal from New York City to Albany. The Hudson River used to have a lot of pollution from industry, but it is becoming cleaner now.
The lower part of this river separates New York from New Jersey and is sometimes called the North River.
Bridges that cross the Hudson River
- George Washington Bridge
- Tappan Zee Bridge
- Bear Mountain Bridge
- Hamilton Fish Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge
- Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge
- Rip van Winkle Bridge
- New York Thruway (Interstate 90-Interstate 87) Bridge
- Interstate 90 Bridge
Images for kids
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The mouth of the Hudson (yellow), located between Jersey City and New York City
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The Hudson River flowing out of Henderson Lake in Tahawus
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The river from Poughkeepsie, looking north.
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The river between Hudson Waterfront in New Jersey (left) and Manhattan (right)
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The bulk carrier Nord Angel breaking ice on the Hudson
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Robert Havell, Jr., View of the Hudson River from Tarrytown, c. 1866
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The Erie Canal in Amsterdam, New York
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The George Washington Bridge links Upper Manhattan and Fort Lee, New Jersey
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The Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival, 2009
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US Airways Flight 1549 after landing on the waters of the Hudson River in January 2009
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North River by George Bellows, 1908, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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The Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg, headquarters of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Debris floating on the river near the World Trade Center, 1973
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See also
In Spanish: Río Hudson para niños
