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The Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with Arlington Memorial Bridge in the foreground and Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia in the background. The Potomac River runs 405 mi (652 km) from Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park in West Virginia on the Allegheny Plateau to Point Lookout, Maryland, and drains 14,679 sq mi (38,020 km 2). The ...
The Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary lies in an ecotone, a transition zone in the Potomac River where tides fluctuate between 1 and 2 feet (0.3 and 0.6 m) each day, mixing fresh water flowing into the sanctuary from farther up the river with salt water drawn northwards by the tides from the Chesapeake Bay. [25]
This is a route-map template for the Potomac River, a waterway in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Toggle South Fork South Branch Potomac River subsection. 5.1 Alphabetically. 5.2 Alphabetically by state. 5.2.1 Virginia. 5.2.2 West Virginia. Toggle the table of ...
The Tidal Basin is a man-made reservoir located between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C. The Basin is part of West Potomac Park, is near the National Mall and is a focal point of the National Cherry Blossom Festival held each spring.
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) Town Creek (Maryland/Pennsylvania) Big Run (Maryland) Little Cacapon River (West Virginia) Purslane Run ...
By the end of March 18, the Potomac River at Williamsport had risen to 48.6 feet. In Hancock, it had risen to 47.6 feet, 17 feet above flood stage. An estimated 300 to 350 homes along the Potomac ...
Mattawoman Creek is a 30.0-mile-long (48.3 km) [1] coastal-plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, 20 miles (32 km) downstream of Washington, D.C. It comprises a 23-mile (37 km) river flowing through Prince George's and Charles counties and a 7-mile (11 km) tidal-freshwater estuary in Charles County.