Raritan Bay

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bay body of water coastal embayment

Raritan Bay is a shallow, coastal embayment at the junction of New Jersey and New York that forms part of the larger New York–New Jersey Harbor complex and serves as an important area for shipping, recreation, and marine habitat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
coastal embayment ⓘ
borderedBy Middlesex County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monmouth County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richmond County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ
connectedTo Arthur Kill ⓘ
Lower New York Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raritan River ⓘ
Sandy Hook Bay ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fallsWithin New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ
surface form: New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program area
hasConservationEffort estuarine restoration projects ⓘ
water quality monitoring ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole habitat for migratory birds ⓘ
marine habitat ⓘ
nursery area for fish ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue habitat degradation ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
hasUse boating ⓘ
commercial fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
shellfishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
isPartOf New York City waterfront ⓘ
surface form: New York metropolitan area waterways

Port of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Port of New York and New Jersey region
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed

Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic Bight

New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
locatedNear Keansburg, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Amboy, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Keyport, New Jersey

Perth Amboy, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandy Hook ⓘ
surface form: Sandy Hook, New Jersey

South Amboy, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ
surface form: Staten Island, New York

Union Beach, New Jersey ⓘ
partOf New York–New Jersey Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivesWaterFrom Arthur Kill ⓘ
Kill Van Kull ⓘ
Raritan River ⓘ
subjectTo coastal storms ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
tidal influence ⓘ
waterBodyType shallow bay ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Lower New York Bay → adjacentTo → Raritan Bay ⓘ
The Narrows → adjacentTo → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Arthur Kill → connectsTo → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Lower New York Bay → connectsTo → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Raritan River → emptiesInto → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Conference House Park → locatedOn → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Perth Amboy → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Raritan Bay ⓘ
East Jersey → majorWaterBody → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Arthur Kill → mouthLocation → Raritan Bay ⓘ
Raritan River → mouthLocation → Raritan Bay ⓘ