Long Island Sound is so dirty as a result of the low dissolved oxygen conditions because of nutrient pollution from septic systems, sewage treatment plants, atmospheric deposition, fertilizer and animal waste.
Long Island Sound is not considered an Ocean but instead Long Island Sound is an estuary which is where saltwater from the ocean mixes in with fresh water from rivers which drains from the land.
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone.
Long Island Sound is not fresh water as the water in Long Island Sound is where saltwater from the ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers that drain from the land.
Long Island Sound is different from the Atlantic Ocean in that Long Island Sound is considered an estuary because it is a place where the Atlantic Ocean mixes with fresh water from rivers.
The ocean that Long Island is on is the Atlantic Ocean.
Long Island is bounded on the north by Long Island Sound, on the south and the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by New York Bay and the East River.
The largest river that flows on Long Island is the Peconic River.
The Peconic River is a river located within Suffolk County on Long Island, New York.
The Peconic river is located in the eastern end of Long Island.
The Peconic River drains an area between the Harbor Hill Moraine and flows into Flanders Bay, which in turn connects to Peconic Bay east of Riverhead.
The smallest town in Long Island is the city of Long Beach which encompasses only 2 square miles of land and is the smallest of the Nassau County Municipalities and also the smallest city on all of Long Island
The poorest part of Long Island is Riverside.
Other poorest parts of Long Island other than Riverside are Mastic Beach, Central Islip, Moriches, Aquebogue, Greenport, Calverton and Northamptom.
Some of the above towns listed are also closely situated right next door to the richest parts of Long Island.
Long Island is an expansive, densely populated island in southeastern New York State, stretching east from New York City.
Along its Atlantic coast are Jones Beach State Park, Fire Island and Montauk Point State Park, the latter home to the late-1700s Montauk Lighthouse.
On the east end, the North Fork is home to wineries and the Hamptons are towns characterized by upscale homes, trendy restaurants and antiques shops.
Often the backdrop for Hollywood productions and called Hollywood East, Long Island is the inspiration behind F.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and AMC's Turn: George Washington's Spies and the location of Royal Pains and The Affair and reality series Fire Island, Summer House and Kardashians Take The Hamptons.
The western portion of Long Island was settled by the Dutch, who named it 't Lange Eylandt, which translates to the Long Island in old-Dutch.
They also had early settlements in the 17th century on what are now Manhattan and Staten Island.