Being the largest US city both in terms of population and occupied area, New York is at the same time one of the largest scientific, cultural, economic, financial and political centers of the world. New York coordinates: 40 ° 43′42 ″ s. w. 73 ° 59′39 ″ s e. - they say that this city is located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
City geography
The territory of the city of New York includes the islands of Manhattan, Staten Island, as well as the western part of Long Island. In addition, part of the North American continent belongs to this city. For example, the Bronx is one of the suburbs of New York.
The least populated, but at the same time the most spacious, hilly and landscaped is Staten Island. At the same time, the most densely populated areas of the city is Manhattan Island, the amount of land on which is very limited, and the population is extremely high. This ratio makes real estate in this region one of the most expensive in the United States. It is precisely because of the cost of land in Manhattan that so many skyscrapers are being built that can accommodate the maximum number of square meters on a relatively small plot of land.
Although the landscape of New York is characterized by a large number of hills, all of them are relatively low. The highest hill in the city is Toldt Hill, whose height is about 125 m. Another important geographical feature of New York is that the city is located on the border of a temperate climate and tropical. This borderline state is especially acute in the winter months, when the polar front begins to move from the north pole. At the same time, in the summer, subtropical anticyclones often fall on the city, which carry heavy rain, strong winds, and often significant damage.
New York Climate
Climatologists attribute the location of New York to a humid subtropical zone, which is characterized by humid and hot summers. Precipitation is believed to be fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with an average annual sunshine of 2,680.
At the same time, for the subtropical zone, the difference between summer and winter temperatures is quite large, due to the prevailing movement of air masses that come to the city from the mainland. Despite the fact that New York is located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the influence of the masses formed over the Atlantic is extremely small.
And although the coordinates of New York indicate that winter in the city can be snowless, snow falls almost every year. This is due to the large volumes of air coming from the Canadian Arctic.
It is worth saying that almost every year in New York there is an extremely powerful, but short-term snowfall that can paralyze the movement of public transport for several days.
New York coordinates
New York City is the largest city in the United States and the state of the same name in which it is located. However, it is not the capital of New York State, since this function belongs to the city of Albany.
The coordinates of New York, latitude and longitude, on which the state of the same name is located, are as follows: from 40 ° 29.7 's. w. at 45 ° 0.7 s. w; s 71 ° 47 's d. at 79 ° 47 's. e. Thus, the state of New York stretched for 455 km north to south and 530 km west to east. It is worth saying that the city of New York is located in the southeastern part of the state of the same name.