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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    United States. It is located less than 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Potomac River, and is about 20 miles (32 km) from Washington, D.C. It has a population...
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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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    Washington, D.C. (category Populated places on the Potomac River)
    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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    737-222 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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    Mallows Bay (category Potomac River)
    Mallows Bay is a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The bay is the location of what is regarded...
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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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    East Potomac Park is a park located on a man-made island in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., United States. The island is between the Washington...
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    reinforced concrete arch bridge carrying U.S. Route 29 (US 29) across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, and...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    cargo-carrying boats on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown across the Potomac River to the Alexandria Canal. The same eight piers supported two different...
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    approximately 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., bordered by the Potomac River to the east and the Quantico Creek to the north. The word Quantico is...
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    an international airport in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. It is the smaller of two commercial airports owned...
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