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Human and Physical Features of Place in New York City
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Human and Physical Features of Place in New York City
Human Features
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Human Features
Physical Features
New York City is home to many different cultures. There are estimated to be 800 languages spoken in the city.
- New York has one of the world's largest natural harbors.
- Manhattan is surrounded by the Hudson River to the west and the East River.
- The land is very flat.
- Four of the five burroughs are on islands. Brooklyn and Queens are on Long Island. Manhattan and Staten Island are the other two. Only the Bronx is part of the mainland.
Physical characteristics include a description such things as the mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, and animal and plant life of a place.
Human characteristics include the human-designed cultural features of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication networks.
The Hasidic Jewish community is one
example of the city's diversity.
Physical Features
The island of Manhattan was formed by glaciers that push the rock south during the Ice Age.
The whole city is 489 square miles.