Potomac River

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natural watercourse river

The Potomac River is a major waterway in the Mid-Atlantic United States that flows through the Appalachian region and forms part of the boundary between Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Potomac River watershed	9
Potomac River valley	4
Potomac River basin	3
C&O Canal (adjacent)	1
Potomac River (nearby confluence)	1
Potomac River (regional vicinity)	1
Potomac River (regionally, between Alexandria and Leesburg)	1
Potomac River Washington Channel (general reach)	1
Potomac River at Key Bridge into Washington, D.C.	1
Potomac River at the Conococheague	1
Potomac River at the Eastern Branch	1
Potomac River near Sharpsburg, Maryland	1
Potomac River region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	natural watercourse ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
drainageBasinArea	approximately 14,700 square miles ⓘ approximately 38,000 square kilometers ⓘ
environmentalIssue	nutrient loading ⓘ pollution ⓘ urban runoff ⓘ
flowsAlong	Virginia ⓘ
flowsInto	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
flowsNear	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
flowsThrough	Maryland ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	Maryland ⓘ Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
formsPartOfBorderBetween	Maryland and Virginia ⓘ Maryland and Washington, D.C. ⓘ Virginia and Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasLandmark	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ⓘ surface form: Kennedy Center Key Bridge ⓘ Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ surface form: Reagan National Airport Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon Woodrow Wilson Bridge ⓘ
length	approximately 405 miles ⓘ approximately 652 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ surface form: Appalachian region East Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
majorCityOnRiver	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mouth	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
notableFeature	Great Falls of the Potomac ⓘ
passesNear	Great Falls Park ⓘ
passesThrough	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
region	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay watershed
sourceLocation	Fairfax Stone ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
tributary	Anacostia River ⓘ Cacapon River ⓘ Monocacy River ⓘ North Branch Potomac River ⓘ Shenandoah River ⓘ South Branch Potomac River ⓘ
usedFor	drinking water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (221)

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

Aquia Creek area → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Arlington Estate → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

East Potomac Park → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Georgetown Waterfront → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Quantico → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Runway 15/33 → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Washington Channel (adjacent area) → adjacentTo → Potomac River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Potomac River (nearby confluence)

Charles County, Maryland → adjacentToWaterBody → Potomac River ⓘ

Accokeek, Maryland → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Alexandria County → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Buzzard Point, Washington, D.C. → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Charles County, Maryland → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

City of Alexandria, Virginia → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Fairfax County, Virginia → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Foggy Bottom neighborhood → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Foggy Bottom

Loudoun County, Virginia → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Palisades → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Virginia's 8th congressional district → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Ward 3 of Washington, D.C. → borderedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Arlington, Virginia → borderedByRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Westmoreland County, Virginia → borderedByWaterBody → Potomac River ⓘ

VA-11 → borderingBody → Potomac River ⓘ

District of Columbia → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

Potomac, Maryland, United States → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Potomac, Maryland

Southwest Washington, D.C. → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

Washington County → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington County (District of Columbia)

Western Shore of Maryland → borders → Potomac River ⓘ

Fairfax Stone → category → Potomac River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Potomac River watershed

Virginia State Route 123 → connectsTo → Potomac River ⓘ

Eastern United States → containsRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Appalachian Valley → crossedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Piedmont Plateau → crossedBy → Potomac River ⓘ

Jefferson County, West Virginia → crossedByRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

14th Street Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

14th Street Bridge complex → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Harpers Ferry railroad bridge over Potomac River → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Interstate 395 → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Interstate 495 → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)

Interstate 66 → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Key Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

14th Street Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Bridge

Long Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Memorial Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Potomac River tunnel → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Rochambeau Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

Theodore Roosevelt Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Potomac River Washington Channel (general reach)

Woodrow Wilson Bridge → crosses → Potomac River ⓘ