new york City belongs to New York State in the United States.

new york City is located on the Atlantic coast in the southeast of New York. It is the largest city and the largest port in the United States. New york is a world-class city, and its development direction directly influences and leads the global economy, finance, media, politics, education, entertainment and fashion.

today's new york, its growth history can not be separated from new york port. Although today's new york focuses on the development of airport and information port, which makes the role of seaport and river port gradually fade, the city's original capital accumulation is developed from the trade of new york port.

The Dutch first set up a trading post here in 1624, and the new york Port, known as the "New Amsterdam", extended the port trade to the inland hinterland from the Hudson River, which stretches for more than 5 kilometers.

Geographical environment

1. Topography

new york is located on the Hudson River mouth plain. The whole city is low and flat. The highest elevation is at Todd Mountain on Staten Island, about 124.9 meters, which is the highest elevation along the eastern coast of the United States south of Maine.

2. Climate

new york has a temperate continental humid climate, which is cold in winter and cool in summer, with the average temperature below ℃ in January and 21℃ in July. The average annual precipitation is 82-11mm. The warm season lasts about 3.5 months, from early June to mid-September, with an average daily high temperature of 29℃ and a low temperature of 22℃.

The cold season lasts about 3 months, from early December to early March, with an average daily high temperature of 4℃ and a low temperature of -2℃. The rainy season is from late March to late August. The rainy season is usually accompanied by the hurricane season. There are relatively few hurricanes and tropical storms, but they happen occasionally.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-new york