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

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.

National Landing → proximityTo → Potomac River ⓘ
Residence Act → region → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River basin
John Alexander → regionInfluence → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River region
Brunswick Line → regionServed → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River valley
Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia → river → Potomac River ⓘ
Bayard, West Virginia → riverBasin → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River basin
Monocacy River → riverSystem → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River watershed
Amtrak Capitol Limited → scenicFeature → Potomac River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potomac River valley
Compromise of 1790 → significantPlace → Potomac River ⓘ
subject surface form: Stratford Hall
Residence Act → specifiedLocation → Potomac River ⓘ
Anacostia River → tributaryOf → Potomac River ⓘ
Antietam Creek, Maryland → tributaryOf → Potomac River ⓘ
subject surface form: Antietam Creek
Cacapon River → tributaryOf → Potomac River ⓘ
Monocacy River → tributaryOf → Potomac River ⓘ
Shenandoah River → tributaryOf → Potomac River ⓘ