People in California call anything with water in it a river. Actually, the LA River often doesn't even have water in it. Most rivers in California are also constrained to a concrete ditch. The Hudson brooks no such confinement. Half a mile across, still and slow moving.
Pleasure boats drift up and down.
A barge trudges along. The weather here has cooled off quite a bit. A jacket is needed at night sometimes. The days reach the upper 70s. Humidity has dropped.