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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original caption: Brooklyn Bridge across the East River with Manhattan, in the background. Lands adjacent to the bight, rivers flowing into it and bays and estuaries edging it have a direct impact upon the environment of the coastal waters. The bight includes 15,000 square miles of ocean waters and the continental shelf off the coasts of New York and New Jersey. The metropolitan region is one of the most congested in the world.</li></ul></div>
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April 1974<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1974-04-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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