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New Jersey is a state within the United States of America that lies on the eastern edge of the North American continent. It shares a land border with the state of State of New York along the north, ratified by both states after the New York – New Jersey Line War. New Jersey is slightly larger than the country of Kuwait. The Atlantic Ocean is east of the state. It is separated from New York, in particular the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City by the Hudson River, and from Staten Island by the Kill van Kull and the Arthur Kill. Liberty Island is an exclave of State of New York in New Jersey waters in Upper New York Bay. Ellis Island, also in the Upper Bay, and Shooter's Island, in Newark Bay, each have sections belonging to either of the two states. On its west, New Jersey is flanked by the Delaware River that forms its border with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Delaware Bay which separates New Jersey from the State of Delaware. However, due to a fluke in a colonial land grant for the city of New Castle, Delaware (called The Twelve-Mile Circle), there is a small amount of Delaware territory in contiguous New Jersey. Finns Point, piers at Penns Grove, New Jerseys Grove and Pennsville, and Artificial Island, the tip of a small peninsula〔http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/wmamaps/mad_horse_crk_no.pdf〕 at Lower Alloways Creek are connected to Salem County. A coal pier in Logan Township also extends into the river. New jerseys natural regions wre formed by glaciers. ==Area== New Jersey is ranked 47th of the fifty states that comprise the United States of America in terms of area. The total area of the state is , of which 14.9% or is water, and 85.1%, or , is land. New Jersey spans 70 miles (110 km) at its widest, and 130 miles (240 km) in length. Due to its small size, New Jersey, which ranks eleventh in the nation in terms of population with 8,791,894 people, ranks first in population density, with . However, while this offers the impression that New Jersey is entirely urban or suburban, it is not. Large swaths of northwestern and southern New Jersey are extremely rural. For example, Walpack Township in Sussex County, has a population of 39 and an area of . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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