The Hudson

The Hudson starts at Lake Tear of the Clouds and continues on for 315 miles long. The Hudson's widest point is at Haverstraw, where it reaches to three and a half miles in its width. The Hudson has the properties of an ocean as well as a river. When the tide in the Atlantic rises, it pushes salt water upriver, but in the dry season it only gets as far as Newburgh. When it is heavily raining, the salt water gets pushed towards the Tappan Zee. The tides are what affect the rivers length; the highest tide is 4.7 feet, which actually occurs at Troy, the northern-most point. Compared to the western-most point of the river, which only sees a 2 foot rise. The tides of the Hudson are what also divide the rivers banks into many wetlands; these are communities in which unique mixes of plants and wildlife live.