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Long Island Sound

noun

  1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.



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The team took 1 litre 'grab samples' of surface water every 3 miles from the East River along the middle of Long Island Sound to The Race, where it meets Rhode Island Sound.

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“Hits an embankment at the end of the street, goes airborne over the bluff, off the beach and into Long Island Sound.”

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The water temperature in Long Island Sound was about 44 degrees, he said.

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The phenomenon, known as 'advection fog', formed as easterly winds blew over the cool waters of Long Island Sound.

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It's a case that has attracted attention far beyond this city of 150,000 people on the north shore of Long Island Sound, about an hour from New York City.

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