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Auckland
lies on and around an isthmus, less than two kilometres wide
at its narrowest point, between Mangere Inlet and the Tamaki
River. There are two harbours in the Auckland urban area surrounding
this isthmus: Waitemata Harbour to the north, which opens east
to the Hauraki Gulf, and Manukau Harbour to the south, which
opens west to the Tasman Sea. Bridges span parts of both harbours,
notably the Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing the Waitemata Harbour
west of the Auckland Central Business District (CBD). The Mangere
Bridge and the Upper Harbour Bridge span the upper reaches of
the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, respectively. In earlier
times, portage paths crossed the narrowest sections of the isthmus
