<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> East River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Tidal strait </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> East River and the headquarters of the United Nations in Manhattan as seen from Roosevelt Island (December 2006) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> State </Th> <Td> New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Municipality </Th> <Td> New York City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Tributaries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - left </Td> <Td> Newtown Creek, Flushing River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - right </Td> <Td> Westchester Creek, Bronx River, Bronx Kill, Harlem River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source </Th> <Td> Long Island Sound </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - coordinates </Td> <Td> 40 ° 48 ′ 01" N 73 ° 47 ′ 31" W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.800172 ° N 73.791995 ° W ﻿ / 40.800172; - 73.791995 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mouth </Th> <Td> Upper New York Bay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - coordinates </Td> <Td> 40 ° 42 ′ 01" N 74 ° 00 ′ 14" W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.700357 ° N 74.003842 ° W ﻿ / 40.700357; - 74.003842 Coordinates: 40 ° 42 ′ 01" N 74 ° 00 ′ 14" W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.700357 ° N 74.003842 ° W ﻿ / 40.700357; - 74.003842 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 16 mi (26 km) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The East River is shown in red on this satellite photo of New York City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Wikimedia Commons: East River </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> East River </Td> </Tr>

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