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.

Arlington Heights → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Arlington House plantation → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Bryans Road, Maryland → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Courthouse neighborhood → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Crossroads of the Marine Corps → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Democratic National Committee headquarters → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Dumfries → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Dumfries, Virginia → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Langley Fork area → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Langley, Virginia → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Lorton → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Occoquan → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Oxon Hill, Maryland → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

DCA → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Sharpsburg, Maryland → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Woodbridge VRE station → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

Woodbridge → locatedNear → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Woodbridge, Virginia

Rosslyn → locatedNearRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Alexandria, Virginia → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (across Potomac) → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Fort Belvoir → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Georgetown → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Georgetown Historic District → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Marine Corps Base Quantico → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Mount Vernon, Virginia → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Northwest Washington, D.C. → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Potomac River waterfront areas → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Quantico → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Quantico, Virginia → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

KDCA → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Sharpsburg, Maryland → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Stafford → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Stafford County, Virginia

Torpedo Factory Art Center → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

Watergate complex → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

West Potomac Park → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

remains of Patowmack Canal → locatedOn → Potomac River ⓘ

City of Alexandria → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

City of Alexandria, Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Fort Washington, Maryland → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Georgetown, Washington, D.C. → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Glen Echo, Maryland → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Great Falls Park → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Great Falls of the Potomac → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Leesburg → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Potomac River watershed