The Potomac River (/pəˈtoʊmək/ ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia...
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of 47,018. It is named after the nearby Potomac River. A part of the Washington metropolitan area, many Potomac residents work in nearby Washington, D...
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The Potomac River Rapist refers to a serial rapist and murderer who was active in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area from 1991 to 1998. Ten sexual...
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The South Branch Potomac River has its headwaters in northwestern Highland County, Virginia, near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front...
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Great Falls is a series of rapids and waterfalls on the Potomac River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream from Washington, D.C., on the border of Montgomery County...
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This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Within each section, crossings are listed from the...
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Look up Potomac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Potomac (listen) may refer to: Washington, D.C. area: The Potomac River, which flows through West...
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counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper Potomac River watershed in the western portion of the state's Eastern Panhandle, bordering...
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Little Patuxent River Middle Patuxent River Hawlings River Potomac River St. Marys River St. George Creek Difficult Run Wicomico River Budds Creek Popes...
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States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated...
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This is a list of cities, towns, and communities along the Potomac River and its branches in the United States. Alexandria, Virginia Arlington, Virginia...
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Chesapeake Bay Wicomico River (Potomac River), a tributary of the Potomac River in south central Maryland Great Wicomico River, a tributary of Chesapeake...
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The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West...
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The Chain Bridge is a viaduct that crosses the Potomac River at Little Falls in Washington, D.C. The steel girder bridge carries close to 22,000 cars...
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The Shenandoah River /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə/ is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km)...
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The Potomac Company (spelled variously as Patowmack, Potowmack, Potowmac, and Compony) was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and...
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bridges connecting Washington, D.C., to Arlington, Virginia, over the Potomac River. The first was built in 1808 for foot, horse and stagecoach traffic...
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Air Florida Flight 90 (redirect from 1982 Potomac river crash)
737-200 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after take off from Washington National Airport. Striking the bridge...
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the Potomac River which was created in the 19th century, an inlet that links the Potomac with the northern end of the Washington Channel. West Potomac Park...
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it joins with the Washington Channel and ultimately empties into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point. It is about 8.7 miles (14.0 km) long. The name "Anacostia"...
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Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line where Washington, DC; Maryland; and Virginia...
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Machipongo River Pocomoke River Potomac River Hull Creek Coan River Yeocomico River Northwest Yeocomico River South Yeocomico River West Yeocomico River Lower...
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which is the south shore of the Potomac River both upstream and downstream from the city. The portion of the Potomac River that passes Washington, D.C. is...
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The region occupied by the Powhatan was bounded approximately by the Potomac River to the north, the Fall Line to the west, the Virginia-North Carolina...
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Washington, D.C. (redirect from Washington-on-the-Potomac)
city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its...
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14th Street bridges (redirect from Highway Bridge (Potomac River))
bridges refers to the three bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sometimes the two...
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Chesapeake Bay (redirect from Chesapeake river)
and 30 miles (48 km) at its widest (just south of the mouth of the Potomac River which divides Maryland from Virginia). Total shoreline including tributaries...
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Patawomeck (redirect from Potomac tribe)
based in Stafford County, Virginia, along the Potomac River. Patawomeck is another spelling of Potomac. The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized...
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Columbia, near the western end of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River. The beltway passes through Prince George's and Montgomery counties...
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This is a list of islands on the Potomac River and its North and South branches. Because the Potomac belongs to Maryland, the majority of its islands...
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