Long Island Sound

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body of water sound tidal estuary

Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean located between Long Island, New York, and the coast of Connecticut, known for its maritime commerce, recreation, and diverse coastal ecosystems.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Long Island Sound shoreline 3
Long Island Sound estuarine system 2
Long Island Sound watershed 2

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
sound ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
borderedBy Connecticut ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
connectedTo Block Island Sound ⓘ
East River ⓘ
The Race ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasCityOnShore Bridgeport ⓘ
Glen Cove, New York ⓘ
surface form: Glen Cove

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich

Milford ⓘ
Montauk ⓘ
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New Haven

New London, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New London

New York City ⓘ
Norwalk ⓘ
Port Jefferson, New York ⓘ
surface form: Port Jefferson

Stamford, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Stamford

West Haven ⓘ
hasFeature barrier beaches ⓘ
estuaries ⓘ
rocky shores ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasInflow Connecticut River ⓘ
Housatonic River ⓘ
Mianus River ⓘ
Pequonnock River ⓘ
Quinnipiac River ⓘ
Thames River (Connecticut) ⓘ
hasOutflow Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Block Island Sound ⓘ
hasProgram Long Island Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Long Island Sound Study
hasWildlife bluefish ⓘ
clams ⓘ
harbor seals ⓘ
oysters ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
striped bass ⓘ
knownFor beaches ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
diverse coastal ecosystems ⓘ
maritime commerce ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
shellfish beds ⓘ
locatedBetween Connecticut coast ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
protectedBy federal environmental regulations ⓘ
state environmental regulations ⓘ
separates Connecticut mainland ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
subjectTo hypoxia ⓘ
nutrient pollution ⓘ
tidal influence ⓘ
usedFor commercial shellfishing ⓘ
ferry transportation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pelham Bay Park → adjacentTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
United States territorial waters → adjacentTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Fort Salonga, New York → adjacentWaterBody → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Connecticut → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Connecticut Colony → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Darien, Connecticut
Fairfield, Connecticut → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Long Island → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
North Shore of Long Island → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Orchard Beach → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Rye, New York → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Throggs Neck → borderedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Huntington, New York
New Haven County → borderedByWaterBody → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Stamford, Connecticut → borderedByWaterBody → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Queens County → bordersWaterBody → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Manhattan Island and Long Island → boundedBy → Long Island Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Long Island
Halesite, New York → coast → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Rye, New York → coast → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Fort Salonga, New York → coastalLocation → Long Island Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Island Sound shoreline
Fairfield, Connecticut → coastline → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Smithtown, New York → coastlineFeature → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Connecticut → coastlineOn → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Fairfield County, Connecticut → coastlineOn → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Flushing Bay → connectedTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Huntington Harbor → connectedTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Northport Harbor → connectedTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Hell Gate → connects → Long Island Sound ⓘ
East River → connectsTo → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Connecticut River → emptiesInto → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Housatonic River → emptiesInto → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Saugatuck River → emptiesInto → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Crab Meadow Beach → faces → Long Island Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Nassau County, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Long Island Sound ⓘ
New Rochelle, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Suffolk County, New York → hasCoastlineOn → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Saugatuck River → hasMouth → Long Island Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Island Sound at Westport, Connecticut
Long Island Sound → hasProgram → Long Island Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Island Sound Study
Saybrook Colony → hasTerritorialExtent → Long Island Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Island Sound shoreline in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Crab Meadow Beach → hasView → Long Island Sound ⓘ
Asharoken, New York → hasViewOf → Long Island Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: Kings Point, New York
Orchard Beach → hasViewOf → Long Island Sound ⓘ
New Rochelle, New York → hasWaterBody → Long Island Sound ⓘ