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River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
s in Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
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U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
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The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.








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List of river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
s in Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
 (U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
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The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.

By Drainage Basin
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....


Delaware River
Delaware River

The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States.The Delaware was explored by Adriaen Block as part of the New Netherlands Colony, and was named the South River to mark the southernmost reach of that colony....
 Drainage Basin

  • Christina River
    Christina River

    The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles long, in northern Delaware in the United States, also flowing through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland....
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Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....

  • Greys Creek
  • St. Martin River
  • Turville Creek
  • Trappe Creek


Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
 Eastern Shore
Eastern Shore of Maryland

The Eastern Shore of Maryland is composed of the American state's nine counties that are east of the Chesapeake Bay. They are Caroline County, Maryland, Cecil County, Maryland, Dorchester County, Maryland, Kent County, Maryland, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, Somerset County, Maryland, Talbot County, Maryland, Wicomico County, Maryland, Wor...

  • Pocomoke River
    Pocomoke River

    The Pocomoke River stretches approximately 73 miles from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands called the Great Cypress Swamp, largely populated by Loblolly Pine,...
    • Dividing Creek
      Dividing Creek (Maryland)

      Dividing Creek is a tributary of the Pocomoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Wicomico County, Maryland, and forms the boundary between Somerset County, Maryland and Worcester County, Maryland, Maryland....
    • Nassawango Creek
      Nassawango Creek

      Nassawango Creek is the largest tributary of the Pocomoke River, located on the Delmarva Peninsula. Older variations on the same name include Nassanongo, Naseongo, Nassiongo, and Nassiungo meaning "[ground] between [the streams]"; early England records have it as Askimenokonson Creek, after a Indigenous people of North America...
  • Little Annemessex River
  • Big Annemessex River
  • Manokin River
  • Wicomico River
    Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore)

    The Wicomico River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Maryland. Approximately 33 mi long, it drains an area of low marshlands and farming country in the middle Delmarva Peninsula....
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*Nanticoke River
Nanticoke River

The Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland, Maryland....
    • Marshyhope Creek
      Marshyhope Creek

      Marshyhope Creek is a tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, Maryland and Dorchester County, Maryland, Maryland....
  • Transquaking River
    • Chicamacomico River
  • Blackwater River
    Blackwater River (Maryland)

    The Blackwater River is a saltwater river in Dorchester County, Maryland, it is around long. It has many twists and bends. It goes through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge....
    • Little Blackwater River
      Little Blackwater River (Maryland)

      The Little Blackwater River is a tributary of the Blackwater River located in Dorchester County, Maryland.The relatively shallow river is about long and is surrounded by farms....
    • Meekins Creek
  • Honga River
  • Little Choptank River
    • Slaughter Creek
      Slaughter Creek

      Slaughter Creek is a large wide saltwater creek that drains into the Little Choptank River. It separates Taylors Island, Maryland from the mainland....
    • Parsons Creek
    • Fishing Creek
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*Choptank River
Choptank River

The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland, Maryland and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland, Maryland on the north, and Caroline County, Maryland and Dorchester County, Maryland on the east an...
    • Harris Creek
    • Broad Creek
    • Tred Avon River
      Tred Avon River

      The Tred Avon River is a main tributary of the Choptank River in Talbot County, Maryland on Maryland's Eastern Shore. With the colonial port of Oxford, Maryland founded near its mouth between 1666 and 1668, the river served as a major shipping lane in the international tobacco trade until the end of the Revolutionary War, when wheat became...
    • Warwick River
    • Tuckahoe Creek
      Tuckahoe Creek

      Tuckahoe Creek is a tributary of the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is sometimes referred to as the Tuckahoe River. Upstream of Hillsboro, Maryland, it forms the boundary between Caroline County, Maryland and Queen Anne's County, Maryland, passing through Tuckahoe State Park and dividing the small towns of Queen Anne, Marylan...
  • Miles River
    Miles River

    The Miles River is a river in Talbot County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Eastern Bay and is thus part of the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin....
  • Front River
  • Wye River
    Wye River (Maryland)

    The Wye River is a branch of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Maryland. It falls within Queen Anne's County, Maryland and Talbot County, Maryland, and joins the Miles River near its mouth to the Eastern Bay....
    • Wye East River
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*Chester River
Chester River

The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses 368 mi?, which includes 295 mi? of land....
    • Corsica River
    • Cypress Branch
      Chester River

      The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses 368 mi?, which includes 295 mi? of land....
    • Andover Branch
      Chester River

      The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses 368 mi?, which includes 295 mi? of land....
      • Sewell Branch
        Chester River

        The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses 368 mi?, which includes 295 mi? of land....
  • Sassafras River
    Sassafras River

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  • Elk River
    Elk River (Maryland)

    The Elk River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and as the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, serves as one entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal....
    • Bohemia River
      Bohemia River

      The Bohemia River is a tributary of the Elk River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is located in Cecil County, Maryland, Maryland, with its headwaters extending into New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware....
  • North East River
    North East River

    The North East River is a body of water in Cecil County, Maryland. On the 1612 John Smith of Jamestown map, it was referred to as Gunter's Harbour....


Susquehanna River Drainage Basin

  • Susquehanna River
    Susquehanna River

    The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At approximately 444 mi long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States and the 16th longest in the United States....
    • Deer Creek
      Deer Creek (Maryland)

      Deer Creek is a large stream in Maryland that flows through the scenic areas of Harford County, Maryland, and empties into the Susquehanna River, roughly halfway between the Route 95 Bridge and Conowingo Dam....
    • Octoraro Creek
      Octoraro Creek

      Octoraro Creek is the last significant tributary of the Susquehanna River. The Octoraro rises as an East and West Branch in Pennsylvania. The East Branch forms the southern half of the border between Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania counties until it crosses the Mason-Dixon line....
    • Conowingo Creek
      Conowingo Creek

      Conowingo Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, Maryland.The name of the creek comes from the Lenape language, meaning "at the rapids."...
    • Broad Creek
      Broad Creek (Susquehanna River)

      Broad Creek is a tributary of the lower Susquehanna River located in Harford County, Maryland.Broad Creek originates on the west side of Constitution Road, just south of the Pennsylvania state line....


Chesapeake Bay Western Shore

  • Romney Creek
  • Bush River
    • Winters Run
  • Gunpowder River
    Gunpowder River

    The Gunpowder River is a river in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of Big Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls. Big Gunpowder begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's York County, Pennsylvania....
    • Saltpeter Creek
      • Dundee Creek
    • Bird River
    • Gunpowder Falls
      Gunpowder River

      The Gunpowder River is a river in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of Big Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls. Big Gunpowder begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's York County, Pennsylvania....
    • Little Gunpowder Falls
      Gunpowder River

      The Gunpowder River is a river in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of Big Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls. Big Gunpowder begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's York County, Pennsylvania....
  • Middle River
    • Seneca Creek
    • Frog Mortar Creek
  • Back River
    • Bread and Cheese Creek
    • Herring Run
    • Moores Run
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*Patapsco River
Patapsco River

The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
    • Bodkin Creek
      • Main Creek
    • Stony Creek
    • Bear Creek
    • Curtis Creek
      Curtis Creek

      Curtis Creek is a creek located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is a tributary of Curtis Bay, Maryland ....
      • Furnace Creek
      • Marley Creek
    • Northwest Branch Patapsco River
      Patapsco River

      The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
      • Jones Falls
        Jones Falls

        The Jones Falls is a stream in Maryland. It is impounded to create Lake Roland , before running through the city of Baltimore, and finally emptying into the Baltimore Inner Harbor....
    • Middle Branch Patapsco River
      Patapsco River

      The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
      • Gwynns Falls
    • Deep Run
    • North Branch Patapsco River
      Patapsco River

      The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
    • South Branch Patapsco River
      Patapsco River

      The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
  • Magothy River
    Magothy River

    The Magothy River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Patapsco River, and north of the Severn River ....
    • Little Magothy River
      Little Magothy River

      The Little Magothy River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Magothy River, and north of the Severn River ....
  • Severn River
    Severn River (Maryland)

    The Severn River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Magothy River, and north of the South River ....
  • South River
    South River (Maryland)

    The South River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Severn River , east of the Patuxent River, and north of the West River and Rhode River, and drains to the Chesapeake Bay....
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*West River
    • Rhode River
      Rhode River

      The Rhode River is a tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River . These are its named tidal creeks and coves starting at the upper end and going clockwise, with a creek or cove that is off another creek listed after &....
      • Sellman Creek
  • Patuxent River
    Patuxent River

    The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two....
    • Cuckold Creek
    • St. Leonard Creek
    • Indian Creek
    • Swanson Creek
    • Lyons Creek
    • Western Branch Patuxent River
      Patuxent River

      The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two....
    • Little Patuxent River
      Patuxent River

      The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two....
      • Middle Patuxent River
        Patuxent River

        The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two....
    • Hawlings River
      Hawlings River

      Hawlings River is a major tributary of the Patuxent River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The drainage basin covers an area of about 28 mi?....


Potomac River Drainage Basin

Potomac Watershed
*Potomac River
Potomac River

The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. The river is approximately 383 statute miles long, with a Drainage basin of about 14,700 square miles ....
    • St. Marys River
      St. Marys River (Maryland)

      The St. Marys River is a river, approximately 22 mi long, in southern Maryland in the United States. It rises in southern Saint Mary's County, Maryland, and flows to the southeast through Great Mills, Maryland, widening into a tidal estuary near St....
    • Wicomico River
      Wicomico River (Potomac River)

      The Wicomico River is a tributary of the lower tidal portion of the Potomac River located in the U.S. state of Maryland south of Washington, DC....
      • Budds Creek
    • Port Tobacco River
      Port Tobacco River

      The Port Tobacco River is a tributary of the Potomac River located in Charles County, Maryland, Maryland in the United States. The river is approximately 8.5 miles in length....
    • Nanjemoy Creek
      Nanjemoy Creek

      Nanjemoy Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, Maryland, USA. There is a large Great Blue Heron rookery located at Nanjemoy Creek....
    • Chicamuxen Creek
    • Mattawoman Creek
      Mattawoman Creek

      Mattawoman Creek is a coastal plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, twenty miles downstream of Washington, D.C....
    • Pomonkey Creek
      Pomonkey Creek

      Pomonkey Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River, near Bryans Road, Maryland. It is named for one of the Native Americans in the United States tribes living in the area....
    • Piscataway Creek
      Piscataway Creek

      Piscataway Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland. Piscataway Creek enters the Potomac River at Fort Washington, Maryland....
    • Broad Creek
      • Henson Creek
    • Oxon Creek
      Oxon Creek

      Oxon Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River that straddles the border between Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland....
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**Anacostia River
Anacostia River

The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
      • Watts Branch (Anacostia River)
        Watts Branch (Anacostia River)

        Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The headwaters of the...
      • Northeast Branch Anacostia River
        Anacostia River

        The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
        • Paint Branch
          Paint Branch

          Paint Branch is a stream that flows through Montgomery County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Northeast Branch, which flows to the Anacostia River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay....
          • Indian Creek (Anacostia River)
          • Little Paint Branch
      • Northwest Branch Anacostia River
        Anacostia River

        The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
        • Sligo Creek
          Sligo Creek

          Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River. The creek is approximately 8.3 mile long, with a drainage area of about 11.6 square miles ....


    • Rock Creek
      Rock Creek (Potomac River)

      Rock Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The Creek is about 33 miles long, with a drainage area of about 76.5 square mile ....
    • Little Falls Branch
      Little Falls Branch (Potomac River)

      Little Falls Branch, a tributary stream of the Potomac River, is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. In the 19th century, the stream was also called Powder Mill Branch. It drains portions of Bethesda, Maryland, Somerset, Maryland, Friendship Heights, and the District of Columbia, flows under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,...
    • Minnehaha Branch
    • Cabin John Creek
      Cabin John Creek (Potomac River)

      Cabin John Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The drainage basin covers an area of 24.9 mi?....
    • Rock Run
      Rock Run (Potomac River)

      Rock Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream rise in the village of Potomac, Maryland, and the creek flows southeast for about 5.5 miles to the Potomac River....
    • Carroll Branch
    • Limekiln Branch
    • Watts Branch (Potomac River)
      Watts Branch (Potomac River)

      Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originate in the city of Rockville, Maryland, and the branch flows southwest for about 10 miles, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Swain's Lock, to the Potomac River, which drains to the Chesapeake Bay....
    • Muddy Branch
      Muddy Branch

      Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland, located about northwest of Washington, DC. The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the stream flows southwest for about , through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and O...
    • Seneca Creek
      Seneca Creek (Potomac River)

      Seneca Creek is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland, roughly northwest of Washington, D.C. It drains to the Potomac River....
      • Dry Seneca Creek
      • Little Seneca Creek
        Little Seneca Creek

        Little Seneca Creek is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland roughly 18 miles to the northwest of Washington, D.C. The Stream drains portions of Clarksburg, Maryland, Germantown, Maryland, and Boyds, Maryland....
      • Great Seneca Creek
    • Horsepen Branch
    • Broad Run
      Broad Run (Maryland)

      Broad Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originates west of the town of Poolesville, Maryland, and the creek flows southward for about 5 miles to the Potomac River....
    • Little Monocacy River
      Little Monocacy River

      The Little Monocacy River is a tributary stream of the Potomac River. Despite its name, the stream does not feed into the Monocacy River. The Little Monocacy is located almost entirely in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland and enters the Potomac just downstream from where the Monocacy enters the Potomac....
Monocacy
**Monocacy River
Monocacy River

The Monocacy River is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The river is approximately 58 statute miles long, with a drainage area of about 744 square mile ....
      • Bennett Creek
      • Ballenger Creek
        Ballenger Creek

        Ballenger Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located in the east slope of Catoctin Mountain, about 3 miles west of Frederick, Maryland....
      • Bush Creek
      • Linganore Creek
        Linganore Creek

        Linganore Creek is a major tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The stream is formed from the confluence of the north and south forks of the Linganore, located about 10 miles east-northeast of Frederick, Maryland....
      • Carroll Creek
        Carroll Creek

        Carroll Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located southeast of Gambrill State Park....
      • Tuscarora Creek
        • Little Tuscarora Creek
      • Double Pipe Creek
        Double Pipe Creek

        Double Pipe Creek is a major tributary of the Monocacy River in Carroll County, Maryland and Frederick County, Maryland in Maryland, located several miles north and west of Westminster, Maryland....
        • Big Pipe Creek
        • Little Pipe Creek
          • Sams Creek
      • Toms Creek
        • Middle Creek
          Middle Creek (Toms Creek)

          Middle Creek is a tributary of Toms Creek in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Middle Creek is born on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and from there flows through Adams County, Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Maryland to join Toms Creek near Emmitsburg, Maryland....
      • Piney Creek
      • Marsh Creek
        Marsh Creek (Monocacy River)

        Marsh Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River in south central Pennsylvania and north central Maryland in the United States. Marsh Creek and Rock Creek join below Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the Gettysburg Battlefield to form the Monocacy River....
      • Rock Creek
        Rock Creek (Monocacy River)

        Rock Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River in south central Pennsylvania and north central Maryland in the United States. Rock Creek and Marsh Creek join below Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the Gettysburg Battlefield to form the Monocacy River....


    • Tuscarora Creek
    • Catoctin Creek
      Catoctin Creek (Maryland)

      Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in Frederick County, Maryland, Maryland, USA. Catoctin Creek enters the Potomac River east of Brunswick, Maryland....
    • Little Catoctin Creek
      Little Catoctin Creek

      Little Catoctin Creek is a small tributary of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland. The creek starts south of Burkittsville, Maryland and flows to the southeast, passing north of Brunswick, Maryland before emptying into the Potomac River near Lander, Maryland....
    • Antietam Creek
      Antietam Creek

      Antietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in south centralPennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as Hagerstown Valley....
    • Conococheague Creek
      Conococheague Creek

      Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River in Maryland....
    • Little Conococheague Creek
      Little Conococheague Creek

      Little Conococheague Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania....
    • Licking Creek
      Licking Creek

      Licking Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Licking Creek is born on the west slope of Tuscarora Mountain, near Cowans Gap State Park, flows through eastern Fulton County, Pennsylvania and a corner of Franklin County, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania, and then enters Washington County, Mar...
    • Tonoloway Creek
      Tonoloway Creek

      Tonoloway Creek, also known as Great Tonoloway Creek, is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania....
    • Sideling Hill Creek
      • Bear Creek
    • Fifteenmile Creek
      Fifteenmile Creek

      Fifteenmile Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The creek enters the Potomac River through Maryland's Green Ridge State Forest....
    • Town Creek
      Town Creek (Potomac River)

      Town Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania....
      • Flintstone Creek
    • North Branch Potomac River
      Potomac River

      The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. The river is approximately 383 statute miles long, with a Drainage basin of about 14,700 square miles ....
      • Evitts Creek
        Evitts Creek

        Evitts Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River is located two miles east of Cumberland, Maryland, Maryland....
      • Wills Creek
        Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)

        Wills Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and enters the North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland....
      • Georges Creek
        Georges Creek

        Georges Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River in Western Maryland. The creek has its headwaters near Frostburg, Maryland and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at Westernport, Maryland all in western Allegany County, Maryland, Maryland....
      • Savage River
        Savage River (Maryland)

        The Savage River is a river located in Garrett County, Maryland, Maryland and is the first major tributary of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River from its source....


Ohio River
Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
 Drainage Basin

  • Monongahela River (PA)
    • Youghiogheny River
      Youghiogheny River

      The Youghiogheny River...
      • Casselman River
        Casselman River

        The Casselman River is a tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.The Casselman River rises atop the plateau of western Maryland and then follows a great arc across the Laurel Highlands of Somerset County, Pennsylvania to the appropriately named community of Confluence, Pennsylvania, whe...
      • Bear Creek


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  • Anacostia River
    Anacostia River

    The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi from Prince George's County, Maryland in Maryland, United States and through Washington, D.C....
  • Antietam Creek
    Antietam Creek

    Antietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in south centralPennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as Hagerstown Valley....
  • Back River
  • Ballenger Creek
    Ballenger Creek

    Ballenger Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located in the east slope of Catoctin Mountain, about 3 miles west of Frederick, Maryland....
  • Bear Creek
  • Big Pipe Creek
  • Bird River
  • Blackwater River
    Blackwater River (Maryland)

    The Blackwater River is a saltwater river in Dorchester County, Maryland, it is around long. It has many twists and bends. It goes through Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge....
  • Bodkin Creek
  • Bread and Cheese Creek
  • Broad Run
    Broad Run (Maryland)

    Broad Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originates west of the town of Poolesville, Maryland, and the creek flows southward for about 5 miles to the Potomac River....
  • Budds Creek
  • Bush Creek
  • Bush River
  • Casselman River
    Casselman River

    The Casselman River is a tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.The Casselman River rises atop the plateau of western Maryland and then follows a great arc across the Laurel Highlands of Somerset County, Pennsylvania to the appropriately named community of Confluence, Pennsylvania, whe...
  • Cabin John Creek
    Cabin John Creek (Potomac River)

    Cabin John Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The drainage basin covers an area of 24.9 mi?....
  • Carroll Branch
  • Catoctin Creek
    Catoctin Creek (Maryland)

    Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in Frederick County, Maryland, Maryland, USA. Catoctin Creek enters the Potomac River east of Brunswick, Maryland....
  • Chester River
    Chester River

    The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and its watershed encompasses 368 mi?, which includes 295 mi? of land....
  • Choptank River
    Choptank River

    The Choptank River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, runs through Caroline County, Maryland, Maryland and forms much of the border between Talbot County, Maryland, Maryland on the north, and Caroline County, Maryland and Dorchester County, Maryland on the east an...
  • Christina River
    Christina River

    The Christina River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 35 miles long, in northern Delaware in the United States, also flowing through small areas of southeastern Pennsylvania and northeastern Maryland....
  • Conococheague Creek
    Conococheague Creek

    Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River in Maryland....
  • Cuckold Creek
  • Curtis Creek
    Curtis Creek

    Curtis Creek is a creek located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is a tributary of Curtis Bay, Maryland ....
  • Deer Creek
    Deer Creek

    Deer Creek may refer to some places in the United States:...
  • Deep Run
  • Dividing Creek
    Dividing Creek

    Dividing Creek is a tributary of Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey in the United States.See also*List of New Jersey rivers...
  • Dry Seneca Creek
  • Dundee Creek
  • Elk River
    Elk River (Maryland)

    The Elk River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about long, and as the most northeastern extension of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, serves as one entrance to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal....
  • Flintstone Creek
  • Frog Mortar Creek
  • Furnace Creek
  • Georges Creek
    Georges Creek

    Georges Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River in Western Maryland. The creek has its headwaters near Frostburg, Maryland and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at Westernport, Maryland all in western Allegany County, Maryland, Maryland....
  • Great Seneca Creek
  • Gunpowder Falls
    Gunpowder River

    The Gunpowder River is a river in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of Big Gunpowder Falls and Little Gunpowder Falls. Big Gunpowder begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's York County, Pennsylvania....
  • Gwynns Falls
  • Hawlings River
    Hawlings River

    Hawlings River is a major tributary of the Patuxent River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The drainage basin covers an area of about 28 mi?....
  • Herring Run
  • Horsepen Branch
  • Indian Creek (Anacostia River)
  • Indian Creek (Patuxent River)
  • Jones Falls
    Jones Falls

    The Jones Falls is a stream in Maryland. It is impounded to create Lake Roland , before running through the city of Baltimore, and finally emptying into the Baltimore Inner Harbor....
  • Licking Creek
    Licking Creek

    Licking Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Licking Creek is born on the west slope of Tuscarora Mountain, near Cowans Gap State Park, flows through eastern Fulton County, Pennsylvania and a corner of Franklin County, Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania, and then enters Washington County, Mar...
  • Limekiln Branch
  • Little Choptank River
  • Little Falls Branch
    Little Falls Branch (Potomac River)

    Little Falls Branch, a tributary stream of the Potomac River, is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. In the 19th century, the stream was also called Powder Mill Branch. It drains portions of Bethesda, Maryland, Somerset, Maryland, Friendship Heights, and the District of Columbia, flows under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,...
  • Little Monocacy River
    Little Monocacy River

    The Little Monocacy River is a tributary stream of the Potomac River. Despite its name, the stream does not feed into the Monocacy River. The Little Monocacy is located almost entirely in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland and enters the Potomac just downstream from where the Monocacy enters the Potomac....
  • Little Paint Branch
  • Little Pipe Creek
  • Little Seneca Creek
    Little Seneca Creek

    Little Seneca Creek is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland roughly 18 miles to the northwest of Washington, D.C. The Stream drains portions of Clarksburg, Maryland, Germantown, Maryland, and Boyds, Maryland....
  • Lyons Creek
  • Magothy River
    Magothy River

    The Magothy River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Patapsco River, and north of the Severn River ....
  • Marley Creek
  • Marshyhope Creek
    Marshyhope Creek

    Marshyhope Creek is a tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, Maryland and Dorchester County, Maryland, Maryland....
  • Mattawoman Creek
    Mattawoman Creek

    Mattawoman Creek is a coastal plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, twenty miles downstream of Washington, D.C....
  • Middle Creek (Toms Creek)
    Middle Creek (Toms Creek)

    Middle Creek is a tributary of Toms Creek in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Middle Creek is born on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and from there flows through Adams County, Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Maryland to join Toms Creek near Emmitsburg, Maryland....
  • Middle River
  • Minnehaha Branch
  • Monocacy River
    Monocacy River

    The Monocacy River is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The river is approximately 58 statute miles long, with a drainage area of about 744 square mile ....
  • Moores Run
  • Muddy Branch
    Muddy Branch

    Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland, located about northwest of Washington, DC. The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the stream flows southwest for about , through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and O...
  • Nanjemoy Creek
    Nanjemoy Creek

    Nanjemoy Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, Maryland, USA. There is a large Great Blue Heron rookery located at Nanjemoy Creek....
  • Nanticoke River
    Nanticoke River

    The Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland, Maryland....
  • North East River
    North East River

    The North East River is a body of water in Cecil County, Maryland. On the 1612 John Smith of Jamestown map, it was referred to as Gunter's Harbour....
  • Octoraro Creek
    Octoraro Creek

    Octoraro Creek is the last significant tributary of the Susquehanna River. The Octoraro rises as an East and West Branch in Pennsylvania. The East Branch forms the southern half of the border between Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Chester County, Pennsylvania counties until it crosses the Mason-Dixon line....
  • Paint Branch
    Paint Branch

    Paint Branch is a stream that flows through Montgomery County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Northeast Branch, which flows to the Anacostia River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay....
  • Patapsco River
    Patapsco River

    The Patapsco is a river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore, Maryland. With its South Branch, it forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland....
  • Patuxent River
    Patuxent River

    The Patuxent River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the Potomac River to the west passing through Washington D.C., the Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two....
  • Piscataway Creek
    Piscataway Creek

    Piscataway Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland. Piscataway Creek enters the Potomac River at Fort Washington, Maryland....
  • Pocomoke River
    Pocomoke River

    The Pocomoke River stretches approximately 73 miles from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands called the Great Cypress Swamp, largely populated by Loblolly Pine,...
  • Port Tobacco River
    Port Tobacco River

    The Port Tobacco River is a tributary of the Potomac River located in Charles County, Maryland, Maryland in the United States. The river is approximately 8.5 miles in length....
  • Potomac River
    Potomac River

    The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States. The river is approximately 383 statute miles long, with a Drainage basin of about 14,700 square miles ....
  • Rhode River
    Rhode River

    The Rhode River is a tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River . These are its named tidal creeks and coves starting at the upper end and going clockwise, with a creek or cove that is off another creek listed after &....
  • Rock Creek
    Rock Creek (Potomac River)

    Rock Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The Creek is about 33 miles long, with a drainage area of about 76.5 square mile ....
  • Rock Run (Potomac River)
    Rock Run (Potomac River)

    Rock Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream rise in the village of Potomac, Maryland, and the creek flows southeast for about 5.5 miles to the Potomac River....
  • St. Marys River
    St. Marys River (Maryland)

    The St. Marys River is a river, approximately 22 mi long, in southern Maryland in the United States. It rises in southern Saint Mary's County, Maryland, and flows to the southeast through Great Mills, Maryland, widening into a tidal estuary near St....
  • Saltpeter Creek
  • Sassafras River
    Sassafras River

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  • Savage River
    Savage River (Maryland)

    The Savage River is a river located in Garrett County, Maryland, Maryland and is the first major tributary of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River from its source....
  • Seneca Creek
    Seneca Creek

    Seneca Creek may refer to some water bodies in the United States:* Seneca Creek , Maryland** Seneca Creek State Park* Seneca Creek , West Virginia...
  • Severn River
    Severn River (Maryland)

    The Severn River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Magothy River, and north of the South River ....
  • Sideling Hill Creek
  • South River
    South River (Maryland)

    The South River runs through Anne Arundel County, Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Severn River , east of the Patuxent River, and north of the West River and Rhode River, and drains to the Chesapeake Bay....
  • Sligo Creek
    Sligo Creek

    Sligo Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River. The creek is approximately 8.3 mile long, with a drainage area of about 11.6 square miles ....
  • Stony Creek
  • Susquehanna River
    Susquehanna River

    The Susquehanna River is a river located in the northeastern United States. At approximately 444 mi long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States and the 16th longest in the United States....
  • Swanson Creek
  • Toms Creek
  • Tuckahoe Creek
    Tuckahoe Creek

    Tuckahoe Creek is a tributary of the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is sometimes referred to as the Tuckahoe River. Upstream of Hillsboro, Maryland, it forms the boundary between Caroline County, Maryland and Queen Anne's County, Maryland, passing through Tuckahoe State Park and dividing the small towns of Queen Anne, Marylan...
  • Watts Branch (Anacostia River)
    Watts Branch (Anacostia River)

    Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The headwaters of the...
  • Watts Branch (Potomac River)
    Watts Branch (Potomac River)

    Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originate in the city of Rockville, Maryland, and the branch flows southwest for about 10 miles, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Swain's Lock, to the Potomac River, which drains to the Chesapeake Bay....
  • West River
  • Wicomico River (Potomac River tributary)
  • Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore)
    Wicomico River (Maryland eastern shore)

    The Wicomico River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of Maryland. Approximately 33 mi long, it drains an area of low marshlands and farming country in the middle Delmarva Peninsula....
  • Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)
    Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River)

    Wills Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River#North Branch Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and enters the North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland....
  • Wye River
    Wye River (Maryland)

    The Wye River is a branch of the Chesapeake Bay, on the Maryland Eastern Shore of Maryland. It falls within Queen Anne's County, Maryland and Talbot County, Maryland, and joins the Miles River near its mouth to the Eastern Bay....
  • Youghiogheny River
    Youghiogheny River

    The Youghiogheny River...


See also

  • List of islands in Maryland
    List of islands in Maryland

    This is a list of island in Maryland.See also* List of islands on the Potomac River* List of islands of the United StatesSource...