Newark Bay

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Newark Bay is a tidal estuary in northeastern New Jersey that serves as a key industrial and shipping waterway within the New York metropolitan area.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
tidal estuary
borderedBy industrial areas
port facilities
urban shoreline
connectedTo Arthur Kill
Kill Van Kull
New York Harbor
Upper New York Bay
country United States of America
drainageBasin Hackensack River watershed
Passaic River watershed
hasAuthority Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (for nearby port facilities)
hasBridge Central Railroad of New Jersey bridge (former)
Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge (former)
Newark Bay Bridge
hasCharacteristic brackish water
tidal
hasEnvironmentalIssue industrial pollution
sediment contamination
hasInfrastructure container terminals
petroleum terminals
shipping channels
hasUse industrial waterway
port access route
shipping channel
isNavigable yes
isPartOfShippingRoute East Coast of the United States
locatedIn New Jersey
northeastern New Jersey
locatedInMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNextTo Bergen County, New Jersey
City of Bayonne
City of Elizabeth
City of Newark
Essex County, New Jersey
Hudson County, New Jersey
Union County, New Jersey
mouthOf Hackensack River
Passaic River
partOf New York–New Jersey Harbor
New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
region Mid-Atlantic United States
servesPort Elizabeth Marine Terminal
Port Newark
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal
waterBodyType estuary


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