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Input (English): Context: The Taunton River (historically also called the "Taunton Great River"), is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the confluence of the Town River and Matfield River, in the town of Bridgewater. From there it meanders through the towns of Halifax, Middleborough and Raynham, through the city of Taunton for which it is named, the towns of Berkley, Dighton, Somerset, and the Assonet section of Freetown, to Fall River where it joins Mount Hope Bay, an arm of Narragansett Bay., A bay is a body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline. A large bay may be called a "gulf", a "sea", a "sound", or a "bight". A "cove" is a smaller circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance; some coves may be referred to as bays. A "fjord" is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity., Adriaen (Aerjan) Block (c. 1567  buried April 27, 1627) was a Dutch private trader and navigator who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson. He is noted for possibly having named Block Island, Rhode Island, and establishing early trade with the Native Americans, and for the 1614 map of his last voyage on which many features of the mid-Atlantic region appear for the first time, and on which the term New Netherland is first applied to the region. He is credited with being the first European to enter Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River and to determine that Manhattan and Long Island are islands., Rhode Island Sound is a strait of water, off the coast of the U.S. state of Rhode Island at mouth of Narragansett Bay. It forms the eastern extension of Long Island Sound and opens out the Atlantic Ocean between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard., The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the "Old World" from the "New World"., Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, named after the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean about east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, and south of the coast of mainland Rhode Island, from which it is separated by Block Island Sound., The Sakonnet River is a tidal strait, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 23 km (14 mi) between Mount Hope Bay and Rhode Island Sound. It separates Aquidneck Island from the eastern portion of Newport County., A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody)., Conanicut Island is the second largest island in Narragansett Bay, in the US state of Rhode Island. It is connected on the east to Newport, Rhode Island, on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, and on the west to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on the mainland by the Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge. The island comprises the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island, Newport County, Rhode Island. The United States Census Bureau reported a land area of and a population of 5,622 as of the 2000 census., Prudence Island is the third largest island in Narragansett Bay in the U.S. state of Rhode Island and part of the town of Portsmouth. It is located near the geographical center of the bay. It is defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block Group 3, Census Tract 401.03 of Newport County, Rhode Island. As of the 2000 census the population was 88 people living on a land area of 14.43 km² (5.57 sq mi)., Mount Hope Bay is a tidal estuary located at the mouth of the Taunton River on the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border. It is an arm of Narragansett Bay. The bay is named after Mount Hope, a small hill located on its western shore in what is now Bristol, Rhode Island. It flows into the East Passage of Narragansett Bay and also the Sakonnet River. Mount Hope Bay has played an important role to the history of the area, from pre-colonial times to the present. While many years of sewage and industrial pollution have severely degraded the quality of the shallow waters of the bay, there are currently major efforts underway to clean up and restore it., Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Rhode Island is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, and the second most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states, following New Jersey. Its official name is also the longest of any state in the Union. Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. The state also shares a short maritime border with New York., Aquidneck Island, officially Rhode Island, is located in Narragansett Bay in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The total land area is , which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2000 United States Census reported its population as 60,870., Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 15,868 at the 2010 census. However, during the summer months the town's population more than doubles to near 34,000. The town is colloquially known as "Gansett". The town of Narragansett occupies a narrow strip of land running along the eastern bank of the Pettaquamscutt River to the shore of Narragansett Bay. It was separated from South Kingstown in 1888, and incorporated as a town in 1901., A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practice., Block Island Sound is a strait in the open Atlantic Ocean, approximately wide, separating Block Island from the coast of mainland Rhode Island in the United States. On the west, it extends to Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, as well as Plum Island, Gardiners Island, and Fishers Island, all in the state of New York., Point Judith Pond is a shallow , four - mile ( 6 km ) - long salt body of water lying behind the barrier beaches and sand dunes that form Point Judith Harbor , which lies immediately west of Point Judith in Narragansett , Rhode Island at the southwestern tip of Narragansett Bay . Located about 14 miles ( 23 km ) southwest of Newport Harbor , Point Judith Pond forms a partial border between the communities of Narragansett and South Kingstown , and is connected to Point Judith Harbor by a narrow waterway that cuts through the beaches and sandy shoreline . This waterway is used by a large fishing fleet and local and transient recreational craft , and the harbor handles a large amount of passenger traffic , primarily during the summer . Year - round ferry service is available between Point Judith and Block Island . Original work in Point Judith Harbor dates back to 1905 . Work in the present project , completed in 1950 ( except where noted ) , consists of : A 6,970 - foot ( 2,120 m ) - long main stone breakwater in Point Judith Harbor , situated about 0.5 - mile ( 0.80 km ) from shore . This breakwater , constructed roughly in a `` V '' shape , and the two others mentioned below were built in 1914 . A 2,240 - foot ( 680 m ) - long stone breakwater extending southwesterly from Point Judith . Between the breakwaters there is a gap of about 1,200 feet ( 370 m ) , which allows boating craft to enter the harbor . A 3,640 - foot ( 1,110 m ) - long stone breakwater extending southerly from the entrance to Point Judith Pond . Between this breakwater and the main breakwater there is a gap of about 1,500 feet ( 460 m ) . A 15 - foot ( 4.6 m ) - deep channel , 150 feet ( 46 m ) wide , that runs along the east side of the west breakwater and extends past the entrance to Point Judith Pond and the state - built jetties at the Port of Galilee . The channel ends on the west side of the pond at a point 100 feet ( 30 m ) north of the State Pier in Jerusalem . A 15 - foot ( 4.6 m ) - deep channel , 200 feet ( 61 m ) wide , that branches off from the aforementioned channel at a point past the state built jetties and extends up the east side of Point Judith Pond . When originally constructed in 1950 , the channel ended about 100 feet ( 30 m ) north of the State Pier in Galilee . In 1977 , the channel was lengthened by 1,400 feet ( 430 m ) and widened to dimensions varying between 150 -- 640 feet . This most recent work was completed as a small project under Section 107 of the Continuing Authorities Program . A 10 - foot ( 3.0 m ) - deep anchorage , 5 acres ( 20,000 m2 ) in area , located on the pond 's westerly side , immediately inside the pond 's entrance . A 4.5 - mile ( 7.2 km ) - long channel , six feet deep and 100 feet ( 30 m ) wide , starting at a point 100 feet ( 30 m ) north of the State Pier in Jerusalem and running generally along the west side of the pond , ending in the Wakefield village of South Kingstown . A six - foot - deep anchorage , 5 acres ( 20,000 m2 ) in area , at the end of the 4.5 - mile ( 7.2 km ) - long channel in Wakefield . The removal of two shoals to a depth of 18 feet ( 5.5 m ) . One shoal was removed from the 10 - foot ( 3.0 m ) - deep anchorage area , and the second from the east side of the Point Judith Pond entrance . This work was completed in 1921 . Various works to help trap and retain sand at the entrance to the pond ., Long Island is an island located just off the northeast coast of the United States and a region within the U.S. state of New York. Stretching east-northeast from New York Harbor into the Atlantic Ocean, the island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens (which comprise the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) to the west; then Nassau and Suffolk to the east. However, many people in the New York metropolitan area (even those living in Brooklyn and Queens) colloquially use the term "Long Island" (or "The Island") exclusively to refer to the NassauSuffolk county area collectively, which is mainly suburban in character. More generally, "Long Island" may also refer collectively both to the main Island as well as its nearby, surrounding outer barrier islands. North of the island is the Long Island Sound, across from which lie the states of Connecticut and a small part of Rhode Island across the Block Island Sound. Across the Sound, to the northwest, lies Westchester County on mainland New York. To the west, Long Island is separated from the Bronx and the island of Manhattan by the East River. To the extreme southwest, it is separated from the New York City borough of Staten Island and the U.S. state of New Jersey by Upper New York Bay, the Narrows, and Lower New York Bay. To the east lie Block Island and numerous smaller islands., There are more than 30 islands in the Bay; the three largest ones are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. Bodies of water that are part of Narragansett Bay include the Sakonnet River, Mount Hope Bay, and the southern, tidal part of the Taunton River. The bay opens on Rhode Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean; Block Island lies less than 20 miles (32 km) southwest of its opening. Narragansett Bay can be seen in NOAA chart 13221, Subject: point judith pond, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) activity (B) agriculture (C) april (D) bay (E) body of water (F) bridge (G) census (H) census tract (I) city (J) coast (K) confluence (L) day (M) england (N) expedition (O) federal republic (P) geographical (Q) government (R) group (S) hill (T) history (U) information (V) island (W) jurisdiction (X) lake (Y) map (Z) may ([) metropolitan (\) ocean (]) official (^) part (_) point (`) population (a) practice (b) region (c) republic (d) river (e) role (f) running (g) sea (h) sharing (i) sound (j) state (k) strait (l) surface (m) territory (n) three (o) time (p) town (q) union (r) united states census (s) water
Output (English): lake