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Tag Archives: supermoon
Hudson River or Estuary? (you may be surprised)
An estuary is defined as a semi-enclosed body of brackish water – a mixture of salty and fresh water. So strictly speaking, the Hudson by Manhattan and northward past the Tappan Zee is normally an estuary and typically has more … Continue reading
The Hudson’s Supermoon Spring Tides and Freshet
In the off-chance that you haven’t heard about the supermoon – it’s the name someone came up with for the time that occurs every few decades when the moon is at the closest point of its elliptical orbit around Earth, … Continue reading
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