Monocacy River

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river

The Monocacy River is a major river in Maryland known for its scenic valley, rich Civil War history, and role as a key waterway feeding into the Potomac River.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Monocacy 1
Monocacy River valley 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Monocacy ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedBy Interstate 270 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossesNear Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
drainageBasin Monocacy River watershed ⓘ
environmentalConcern agricultural runoff ⓘ
nutrient pollution ⓘ
sedimentation ⓘ
flowsThrough Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Carroll County, Maryland ⓘ
Frederick County, Maryland ⓘ
historicalEventSite American Civil War troop movements ⓘ
knownFor Civil War history ⓘ
agricultural landscape ⓘ
recreational opportunities ⓘ
scenic valley ⓘ
length approximately 58 miles ⓘ
approximately 93 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Maryland ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
majorTributary Ballenger Creek ⓘ
Carroll Creek ⓘ
Double Pipe Creek ⓘ
Linganore Creek ⓘ
Toms Creek ⓘ
mouthLocation Frederick County, Maryland ⓘ
near Dickerson, Maryland ⓘ
mouthOf Potomac River ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from a Native American word ⓘ
near Monocacy National Battlefield area ⓘ
surface form: Monocacy National Battlefield
partOf Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
surface form: Chesapeake Bay watershed
region Great Valley ⓘ
Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont
riverSystem Potomac River ⓘ
surface form: Potomac River watershed
sourceLocation Carroll County, Maryland ⓘ
near the Mason–Dixon Line ⓘ
stateScenicRiverDesignation Maryland Scenic River ⓘ
tributaryOf Potomac River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
watershedArea over 2300 square kilometers ⓘ
over 900 square miles ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Catoctin Mountain → adjacentTo → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River valley
Battle of Monocacy → alsoKnownAs → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy
Frederick County, Maryland → contains → Monocacy River ⓘ
subject surface form: Monocacy National Battlefield
Battle of Monocacy → riverCrossing → Monocacy River ⓘ
Frederick → traversedByRiver → Monocacy River ⓘ
Frederick, Maryland → traversedByRiver → Monocacy River ⓘ
Potomac River → tributary → Monocacy River ⓘ