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The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7 .
This is a complete list of tributary streams of the Potomac River in the Eastern United States, listed in order from source to mouth. North Branch Potomac River (Maryland/West Virginia) South Branch Potomac River (Virginia/West Virginia)
One of many crossings of the Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail over Pohick Creek in Newington, Virginia. Pohick Creek is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) [5] tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It takes its name from the Pohick Native American tribe once prevalent in the area.
) The bridge was built between 1801 and 1803 and is the longest remaining stone turnpike bridge in the state of Virginia. In The Water Dancer , a slave narrative style novel by Ta-Nehisi Coats , the Goose serves as both a water symbol and the geographic location of the fictionalized tobacco farm, Lockless, Virginia.
Cedar Creek is a 40.5-mile-long (65.2 km) [1] tributary stream of the North Fork Shenandoah River in northern Virginia in the United States. It forms the majority of the boundary between Frederick and Shenandoah counties. Cedar Creek's confluence with the North Fork Shenandoah is located at Strasburg.
The entire Chesapeake Bay watershed includes portions of six states (New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware) and the District of Columbia. The watershed of the entire Chesapeake Bay covers 165,760 km 2 (approximately 64,000 mi 2 or 41 million acres [3] [4]).
Potomac Creek is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) [1] tidal tributary of the Potomac River in King George and Stafford counties, Virginia. Potomac Creek's source lies between the communities of Glendie and Paynes Corner in Stafford County. It empties into the Potomac River at Marlboro Point. Potomac Creek forms as a dam to form Abel Lake.
Accotink Creek is a 25.0-mile-long (40.2 km) [5] tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. At Springfield, Virginia, Accotink Creek is dammed to create Lake Accotink. The stream empties into the Potomac at Gunston Cove's Accotink Bay, to the west of Fort Belvoir.