A home geography of New York city . RocKAWAY Beach Scene Richmond. The borough of Richmond is an island triangular in shape. Measure its greatest length and width. You may study its boundaries. Why do we call it an island ? Beginning at The Narrow\s, trace around it and mention all the bodies of water that touch it. Are there any popular beaches on Staten Island? Find Hoff- , , , rni Sailors Snug Hakbor man and Dix islands, ihere is a broad central range of low hills extending across the island. The range extends in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction. 48 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YOE
A home geography of New York city . RocKAWAY Beach Scene Richmond. The borough of Richmond is an island triangular in shape. Measure its greatest length and width. You may study its boundaries. Why do we call it an island ? Beginning at The Narrow\s, trace around it and mention all the bodies of water that touch it. Are there any popular beaches on Staten Island? Find Hoff- , , , rni Sailors Snug Hakbor man and Dix islands, ihere is a broad central range of low hills extending across the island. The range extends in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction. 48 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY from St. George to Tottenville. From St. George to Richmond, atthe center of the island, this ridge is rocky in character. In thecenter of Staten Island there are points that reach a height of threehundred feet above sea level. At Richmond this rocky ridge sinks into the Fresh Kills meadows,which extend into the island from the west. South of these mead-ows the ridge is nolonger rocky, butconsists of stones,earth, bowlders,clay, sand, andgravel. The westernslope from the cen-tral ridge is gentle;the eastern slope isabrupt. There are abrupt highlands in the eastern elbow of the of this elbow much of the land consists of salt marshes extend-ing along the coast to Great Kills. Along the shores of Arthur Killthere are salt marshes extending from Newark bay to Rossville. The gravel and sand hills of Staten Island are like those of theboroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. They have ]jeen formed in thesame way.
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