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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Monocacy River canonical 22
Monocacy River valley 3
Monocacy River basin 2

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 ⓘ
Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 15 ⓘ
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 (30)

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

Potomac River → tributary → Monocacy River ⓘ
Frederick → traversedByRiver → Monocacy River ⓘ
Frederick County, Maryland → contains → Monocacy River ⓘ
Frederick, Maryland → traversedByRiver → Monocacy River ⓘ
Monocacy National Battlefield area → hasPart → Monocacy River ⓘ
subject surface form: Monocacy National Battlefield
Battle of Monocacy → riverCrossing → Monocacy River ⓘ
Battle of Monocacy → alsoKnownAs → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy
Catoctin Mountain → adjacentTo → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River valley
Walkersville, Maryland → nearWaterBody → Monocacy River ⓘ
Worthington Farm → isWithin → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River valley
Worthington Farm → hasViewOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Best Farm → associatedWith → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River valley
Gambrill Mill → locatedOnWatercourse → Monocacy River ⓘ
Gambrill Mill → hasView → Monocacy River ⓘ
Monocacy Junction → locatedOn → Monocacy River ⓘ
Monocacy Junction → nearbyWaterBody → Monocacy River ⓘ
Linganore Creek → tributaryOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Linganore Creek → riverSystem → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River watershed
Linganore Creek → mouthLocation → Monocacy River ⓘ
The Battle That Saved Washington → river → Monocacy River ⓘ
Toms Creek → flowsInto → Monocacy River ⓘ
Toms Creek → partOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River watershed
Toms Creek → tributaryOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Toms Creek → hydrologicUnit → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River basin
Double Pipe Creek → mouth → Monocacy River ⓘ
Double Pipe Creek → tributaryOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Double Pipe Creek → partOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monocacy River basin
Ballenger Creek → mouthOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Ballenger Creek → tributaryOf → Monocacy River ⓘ
Ballenger Creek → flowsInto → Monocacy River ⓘ