Port Sites

There is a vast array of port sites linked to varied nautical profiles:

• Mainland Ports. These ports are linked to a major river, which is often serving a vast hinterland. There are ports in a delta (New Orleans, Bangkok), at the margin of a delta (Calcutta, Rangoon, and Rotterdam), in an estuary (Le Havre, New York, Buenos Aires), near an estuary (Liverpool, Lisbon, Quebec) or along a river (Montreal, Antwerp, Portland). For instance, one of the oldest ports in the world, Ostia, was at the mouth of the Tiber river and acted as Rome's port.
• Seaports. These ports have direct access to the sea. They are in bays (Tokyo), natural harbors (San Francisco, Rabaul), or protected locations (Gdansk: sand dunes, Dakar: islands, Honolulu: reefs).

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