Hudson River
river in New York State, United States
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Summary
Hudson River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.088% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,348 views/month, #12 of 13,643).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Continent: North America[5]
- Shares border with: Albany[6]
- Named after: Henry Hudson[7]
- Basin country: United States[8]
- Commons category: Hudson River[9]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Upper New York Bay[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hudson River[11]
- Commons gallery: Hudson River[12]
- Tributary: Schroon River[13], Batten Kill[14], Hoosic River[15], Mohawk River[16], Rondout Creek[17], Maritje Kill[18], Esopus Creek[19], Fishkill Creek[20], Casperkill[21], Cedar River[22], Coeymans Creek[23], Coxsackie Creek[24], Fall Kill[25], Hannacrois Creek[26]
- Category for the water basin: Q8956066[27]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[33], Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band[34], Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[35]
- Native label: Ka’nón:no[36], Mahicannittuk[37]
- Different from: Hudson[38]
- Length: 492 km[39]
- Watershed area: 34,600 km²[40]
- Discharge: 210 cubic metre per second[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Hudson River include Port Authority Trans-Hudson[42], a rapid transit[43], in United States[44], founded in 1908[45] and Hudson Yards[46], a neighborhood of Manhattan[47], in United States[48].
Why It Matters
Hudson River has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include Port Authority Trans-Hudson[42], a rapid transit[43], in United States[44], founded in 1908[45] and Hudson Yards[46], a neighborhood of Manhattan[47], in United States[48].