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The shoreline around New York Harbor is very steep, and underwater it drops off and becomes very deep very quickly. This makes it an ideal harbor, as there are no shallow places that boats can get stuck on.

That is one of the primary reasons New York has become such a major city: it's a geologically perfect port city.

Additionally, the city is located at the mouth of a major river (the Hudson).

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