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The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States.It is approximately 22 miles (35 km) long [5] and starts in western New Castle County, Delaware, and along the boundary between Cecil County, Maryland on the north and Kent County, Maryland on the south.
Georgetown is an unincorporated community in northeastern Kent County, Maryland, United States. The community was laid out in 1736. Georgetown was named for Prince George who later became King of the United Kingdom. [1] Georgetown is located on the south side of the Sassafras River at the Maryland Route 213 bridge, north of Galena and south of ...
The Potomac River near Washington, D.C. averages 10–20 feet (3–6 m) deep, except near shore or the Three Sisters. However, there is a deep channel near the Three Sisters that is generally about 80 feet (24 m) deep, but can drop to just 30 feet (9 m) or less during low tide or periods of little precipitation.
Oblique air photo, facing southwest, of the Potomac River flowing through water gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Virginia on the left, Maryland on the right, West Virginia in upper right, including Harpers Ferry (partially obscured by Maryland Heights of Elk Ridge Mountain) at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.
Maryland possesses a variety of topography within its borders, contributing to its nickname America in Miniature.It ranges from sandy dunes dotted with seagrass in the east, to low marshlands teeming with wildlife and large bald cypress near the Chesapeake Bay, to gently rolling hills of oak forests in the Piedmont Region, and pine groves in the Maryland mountains to the west.
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Georgetown, MD, may refer to a community in the United States: Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), a former town in Maryland which became part of the District of Columbia upon its creation; Georgetown, Maryland, an unincorporated community in northeastern Kent County; Georgetown (CDP), Maryland, a census-designated place in western Kent County
Behind Blue Plains Impoundment Lot: Southeast corner of lot on the Maryland side of the fence, a short distance from the lightposts. Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland 38°48′39″N 77°00′51″W / 38.81091966°N 77.01425046°W / 38.81091966; -77.01425046 ( Southeast No. 8 Boundary Marker of the Original ...