New York has several types of landforms including mountains, plains, plateaus, and valleys. The Adirondack Mountains and Hudson River are notable landforms. New York also has many bodies of water like the Hudson River, lakes, and coastal features along the Atlantic Ocean such as bays and harbors. The Hudson River flows from its source, grows wider as it collects tributaries, and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at its mouth.

1. New York Landforms and Waterways

2. Landforms There are many different type of landforms in New York. There are mountainous landforms like the Adirondack Mountains. There are also plains in New York, areas where a large amount of land lies flat.

3. Adirondack Mountains

4. More Landforms of New York In New York you can also find a plateau which is an area that rises steeply above the land. A valley is a low piece of land between hills or mountains.

5. PLATEAU VALLEY

6. Waterways of New York New York has many bodies of water, from large rivers to small lakes. They help New York with communication, transportation, and transporting goods. Hudson River

7. The Beginning, Middle, and End! All rivers have a source , or a beginning. As the river makes it’s journey away from the source it grows because it has smaller river and streams called tributaries that flow into it. Like all rivers the Hudson River has an end, or a mouth , where the water empties into a large body of water like the Atlantic Ocean. wider and deeper

8. Hudson River

9. Along the Coast… A coast is the land next to an ocean. Long Island and New York City are at the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. A bay is part of an ocean that cuts deeply into the shore. A harbor is a place where ships dock.

10. The Coast

11. New York Bay

12. New York Harbor