[Rhodes22-list] Estuary Stir-the-Pot

[Michael Meltzer]

let see 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Hudson+Estuary%22&btnG=Google+Search
got 1,100 returns.

and
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Hudson+river%22&spell=1
347,000 returns

so the about 315 to 1 for river, at least in common usage :-) just adding a little spice to the pot :-)

MJM




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lcrowther" <lcrowther at cox.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 12:58 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Estuary Stir-the-Pot


> Richard,
> 
> The Potomac River is also an estuary by your definition (which is correct so
> why do they call them the Potomac River and Hudson River?).  The tidal
> influence is quite oblivious even above Washington, D.C.  Nobody makes an
> issue of the 'estuary' definition even though they seem to know they have to
> account for the tidal differences in their planning (they have been known to
> say the Potomac is a tidal river).  I never heard anyone tie the venturi
> effect or wind funnel effect, which is quite evident just below D.C., to the
> fact that the Potomac is an estuary.  Yet it is accepted that increased wind
> velocity will add to or decrease the predicted river tidal depths - but then
> so does lots of rain in PA eventually.  Do sailors in New York commonly
> refer to the Hudson Estuary?
> 
> Lloyd
> 
> 
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> From: "Christine Allison" <sailnut at asan.com>
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> 
> >
> > > Which way is the wind effect?>
> >
> > During the summer the prevailing wind is southerly.  The Hudson River
> valley
> > runs approximately North/South so the wind follows the rivers course.
> When
> > the river narrows at the High Lands a venturi effect develops which causes
> > the wind velocity to increase.  Sometimes dramatically.
> >
> > <  Is it the same way as the river>
> >
> > The Hudson is not a river.  It's an estuary!  Tidal influences are evident
> > all the way to it's origin.
> >
> > Richard Smith
> >
> >
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