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.

Leesylvania State Park → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Shepherdstown, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

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

Widewater, Virginia → locatedOnWater → Potomac River ⓘ

Alexandria waterfront → locatedOnWaterbody → Potomac River ⓘ

East Potomac Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Potomac River ⓘ

Old Town → locatedOnWaterbody → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Town (Alexandria, Virginia)

Southwest Waterfront → locatedOnWaterbody → Potomac River ⓘ

The Wharf (Washington, D.C.) → locatedOnWaterbody → Potomac River ⓘ

Harmony Hall → location → Potomac River ⓘ

Piedmont (United States) → majorRivers → Potomac River ⓘ

Antietam Creek, Maryland → mouthLocation → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Antietam Creek

this entity surface form: Potomac River near Sharpsburg, Maryland

North Branch Potomac River → mouthLocation → Potomac River ⓘ

Cacapon River → mouthOf → Potomac River ⓘ

Monocacy River → mouthOf → Potomac River ⓘ

South Branch Potomac River → mouthOf → Potomac River ⓘ

Anacostia River → mouthOfWatercourse → Potomac River ⓘ

Army of the Potomac → namedAfter → Potomac River ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Potomac, Maryland

1000 Colonial Farm Road → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Appalachian Trail Conservancy headquarters → near → Potomac River ⓘ

CIA Headquarters → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Constitution Avenue NW → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Crystal City → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Foggy Bottom neighborhood → near → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Foggy Bottom

Langley Headquarters → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Lincoln Memorial Circle → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Pentagon → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Quantico (Virginia Railway Express station) → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Rosslyn–Ballston corridor → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Runway 4/22 → near → Potomac River ⓘ

Shepherd University → near → Potomac River ⓘ

DCA → nearRiver → Potomac River ⓘ

Georgetown Pike (Virginia State Route 193) → nearbyWaterBody → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Georgetown Pike

Palisades → nearbyWaterBody → Potomac River ⓘ

Harbor Patrol Unit → operatesOn → Potomac River ⓘ

Arlington House plantation → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

Billy Goat Trail (nearby on Maryland side) → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Billy Goat Trail Section A

Jefferson Memorial → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

Jefferson Rock → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

Overlook 1 → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

Oxon Hill Manor → overlooks → Potomac River ⓘ

Leesburg Pike (Virginia State Route 7) → parallelTo → Potomac River ⓘ

subject surface form: Leesburg Pike

this entity surface form: Potomac River (regionally, between Alexandria and Leesburg)

Cacapon River → partOf → Potomac River ⓘ