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• North Branch Potomac River (Maryland/West Virginia)
• South Branch Potomac River (Virginia/West Virginia)
• Town Creek
  Town Creek (Potomac River)
  Town Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The creek is formed from the confluence of Sweet Root Creek and Elk Lick Creek, about south of Buchanan State Forest in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Town Creek flows south along the base of...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Big Run (Maryland)
• Little Cacapon River
  Little Cacapon River
  The Little Cacapon River is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River in the center of Hampshire County, West Virginia. Via the Potomac River, its waters are part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The Little Cacapon at an elevation of near the community of...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Purslane Run (Maryland)
• Steer Run (West Virginia)
• Fifteenmile Creek (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Sideling Hill Creek (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Willett Run (West Virginia)
• Cacapon River
  Cacapon River
  The Cacapon River , located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region, is an river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, and scenery...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Sir Johns Run
  Sir Johns Run
  Sir Johns Run is an tributary stream of the Potomac River in Morgan County, West Virginia. For most of its course, Sir Johns Run is a shallow non-navigable stream. It rises on the eastern flanks of Cacapon Mountain and from its source, flows north with Cacapon Mountain to its west and Warm Spring...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Warm Spring Run
  Warm Spring Run
  Warm Spring Run is an non-navigable tributary stream of the Potomac River in Morgan County of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It rises on the eastern side of Warm Springs Ridge and parallels U.S. Route 522 for most of its course. Warm Spring Run enters the Potomac River at Hancock...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Tonoloway Creek
  Tonoloway Creek
  Tonoloway Creek, also known as Great Tonoloway Creek, is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania.Tonoloway Creek empties into the Potomac River at Hancock, Maryland.-Tributaries:...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Stoney Run (West Virginia)
• Ditch Run (West Virginia)
• Sleepy Creek
  Sleepy Creek
  Sleepy Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. Sleepy Creek's source lies near the Hampshire County, West Virginia border at Good, north of State Route 127 in Frederick County, Virginia...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Licking Creek
  Licking Creek
  Licking Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Licking Creek is born on the west slope of Tuscarora Mountain, near Cowans Gap State Park, flows through eastern Fulton County and a corner of Franklin County in Pennsylvania, and then enters...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Big Run (West Virginia)
• Cherry Run
  Cherry Run
  Cherry Run is a meandering stream that forms the northern section of the boundary between Morgan and Berkeley counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. While it is mostly non-navigable, Cherry Run provides many pools of varying depths for fishing and swimming...
  
   (West Virginia)
• Back Creek
  Back Creek (Potomac River)
  Back Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River that flows north from Frederick County, Virginia, to Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Back Creek originates along Frederick County's border with Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Farmer's Gap in the Great North Mountain. Its...
  
   (Virginia/West Virginia)
• Green Spring Run (Maryland)
• Harlan Run (West Virginia)
• Camp Spring Run (Maryland)
• Little Conococheague Creek
  Little Conococheague Creek
  Little Conococheague Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The stream rises on Two Top Mountain, west of the Whitetail Ski Resort in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and proceeds south into Washington County, Maryland. It empties into the...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Conococheague Creek
  Conococheague Creek
  Conococheague Creek, a tributary of the Potomac River, is a free-flowing stream that originates in Pennsylvania and empties into the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. It is in length, with in Pennsylvania and in Maryland...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Magruder Run (West Virginia)
• Opequon Creek
  Opequon Creek
  Opequon Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River. It flows into the Potomac northeast of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, West Virginia, and its source lies northwest of the community of Opequon at the foot of Great North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia...
  
   (Virginia/West Virginia)
• Downey Branch (Maryland)
• Marsh Run (Maryland)
• Town Run (West Virginia)
• Rattlesnake Run (West Virginia)
• Antietam Creek
  Antietam Creek
  Antietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Elks Run (West Virginia)
• Shenandoah River
  Shenandoah River
  The Shenandoah River is a tributary of the Potomac River, long with two forks approximately long each, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia...
  
   (Virginia/West Virginia)
• Piney Run (Virginia)
• Israel Creek (Maryland)
• Dutchman Creek (Virginia)
• Quarter Branch (Virginia)
• Little Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
• Catoctin Creek
  Catoctin Creek (Maryland)
  Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. Its source is formed in the Myersville, MD area and flows directly south for the entire length of the stream. Catoctin Creek enters the Potomac River east of Brunswick. The stream flows through Catoctin Creek...
  
   (Maryland)
• Catoctin Creek
  Catoctin Creek (Virginia)
  Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia, with a watershed of . Agricultural lands make up 67 percent and forests 30 percent of Catoctin Creek's watershed...
  
   (Virginia)
• Tuscarora Creek
  Tuscarora Creek (Potomac River)
  Tuscarora Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, in the United States.The creek rises east of the community of Jefferson, about southwest of the city of Frederick, and flows south to its mouth at the Potomac.-References:...
  
   (Maryland)
• Monocacy River
  Monocacy River
  The Monocacy River is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The river is long, with a drainage area of about...
  
   (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
• Little Monocacy River
  Little Monocacy River
  The Little Monocacy River is a tributary stream of the Potomac River. Despite its name, the stream does not feed into the Monocacy River. The Little Monocacy is located almost entirely in Montgomery County, Maryland, and enters the Potomac just downstream from where the Monocacy enters the Potomac...
  
   (Maryland)
• Limestone Branch (Virginia)
• Broad Run
  Broad Run (Maryland)
  Broad Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originates west of the town of Poolesville, and the creek flows southward for to the Potomac River.-References:* MCDEP. Accessed 2010-04-27....
  
   (Maryland)
• Goose Creek
  Goose Creek (Potomac River)
  Goose Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Fauquier and Loudoun counties in northern Virginia. It comprises the principal drainage system for the Loudoun Valley.-Course:...
  
   (Virginia)
• Broad Run (Virginia)
• Horsepen Branch (Maryland)
• Sugarland Run (Virginia)
• Seneca Creek
  Seneca Creek (Potomac River)
  Seneca Creek is a stream in Montgomery County, Maryland, roughly northwest of Washington, D.C. It drains to the Potomac River.-Course:The creek begins with two main tributaries:...
  
   (Maryland)
• Old Sugarland Run (Virginia)
• Muddy Branch
  Muddy Branch
  Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, located about northwest of Washington, D.C. The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for , through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under...
  
   (Maryland)
• Nichols Run (Virginia)
• Watts Branch
  Watts Branch (Potomac River)
  Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream originate in the city of Rockville, and the branch flows southwest for , under the C&O Canal near Swain's Lock, to the Potomac River, which drains to the Chesapeake Bay...
  
   (Maryland)
• Limekiln Branch (Maryland)
• Carroll Branch (Maryland)
• Pond Run (Virginia)
• Clarks Branch (Virginia)
• Mine Run Branch (Virginia)
• Difficult Run
  Difficult Run
  Difficult Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in northern Virginia in the United States. The term "run" for "stream" is common usage in this part of Virginia and throughout the mid-Atlantic region; another "run" is better known in American Civil War history: Bull Run. Difficult Run...
  
   (Virginia)
• Bullneck Run (Virginia)
• Rock Run
  Rock Run (Potomac River)
  Rock Run is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The headwaters of the stream rise in the village of Potomac, and the creek flows southeast for to the Potomac River.-External links:...
  
   (Maryland)
• Scott Run (Virginia)
• Dead Run (Virginia)
• Turkey Run (Virginia)
• Cabin John Creek
  Cabin John Creek (Potomac River)
  Cabin John Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The watershed covers an area of . The headwaters of the creek originate in the city of Rockville, and the creek flows southward for to the Potomac River....
  
   (Maryland)
• Minnehaha Branch (Maryland)
• Little Falls Branch
  Little Falls Branch (Potomac River)
  Little Falls Branch, a tributary stream of the Potomac River, is located in Montgomery County, Maryland. In the 19th century, the stream was also called Powder Mill Branch. It drains portions of Bethesda, Somerset, Friendship Heights, and the District of Columbia, flows under the Chesapeake and...
  
   (Maryland)
• Pimmit Run
  Pimmit Run
  Pimmit Run is a stream in northern Virginia that runs from Fairfax County to the Potomac River at Chain Bridge in the Arlingwood neighborhood of Arlington.Pimmit Run forms south of Leesburg Pike in Pimmit Hills...
  
   (Virginia)
• Gulf Branch
  Gulf Branch
  Gulf Branch is a stream in Arlington County, Virginia. From its source southwest of the Gulf Branch Nature Center, Gulf Branch flows on a northeastern course and empties into the Potomac River within the Federal parklands of the George Washington Memorial Parkway...
  
   (Virginia)
• Donaldson Run
  Donaldson Run
  Donaldson Run is a stream in Arlington County, Virginia. From its source near Marymount University, Donaldson Run flows on a northeastern course and empties into the Potomac River within the Federal parklands of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Donaldson Run is surrounded predominantly by...
  
   (Virginia)
• Windy Run
  Windy Run
  Windy Run is a small stream in Arlington County, Virginia. From its source near Lorcom Lane, Windy Run flows on a northeastern course and empties into the Potomac River within the Federal parklands of the George Washington Memorial Parkway...
  
   (Virginia)
• Spout Run
  Spout Run
  Spout Run is a small stream in Arlington County, Virginia. From its source along Interstate 66, Spout Run flows on a northeastern course paralleling the Spout Run Parkway through a gorge and empties into the Potomac River opposite the Three Sisters. With the exception of the adjacent parkway, Spout...
  
   (Virginia)
• Maddox Branch
  Maddox Branch
  Maddox Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., USA. The historic headwaters of the stream originate in the Tenleytown area in Northwest Washington...
  
   (District of Columbia)
• Foundry Branch
  Foundry Branch
  Foundry Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., USA. The historic headwaters of the stream originate in the Tenleytown area in Northwest Washington, however at present the section of the stream north of Massachusetts Avenue is hydrologically separated from the lower...
  
   (District of Columbia)
• Rock Creek
  Rock Creek (Potomac River)
  Rock Creek is a free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay. The creek is long, with a drainage area of about...
  
   (District of Columbia/Maryland)
• Washington Channel
  Washington Channel
  The Washington Channel is a channel that parallels the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It is located between the Southwest Waterfront on the east side and East Potomac Park on the west side. The channel is two miles long, receives outflow from the Tidal Basin at its north end, and empties into...
  
   (District of Columbia)
• Anacostia River
  Anacostia River
  The Anacostia River is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Channel to empty into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point. It is approximately long...
  
   (District of Columbia/Maryland)
• Four Mile Run
  Four Mile Run
  Four Mile Run is a stream in northern Virginia that starts near Interstate 66, at Gordon Avenue in Fairfax County and proceeds southeast through Falls Church to Arlington County in the U.S. state of Virginia...
  
   (Virginia)
• Oxon Creek
  Oxon Creek
  Oxon Creek is a cove on the Potomac River which straddles the border between Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland just north of Interstate 495 at Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The tributary stream is Oxon Run. Oxon Creek is in length and empties into the Potomac at Goose Island across...
  
   (District of Columbia/Maryland)
• Hunting Creek
  Hunting Creek
  Hunting Creek is a cove and tributary stream of the Potomac River between the City of Alexandria and Fairfax County in Virginia. It is formed by the confluence of Cameron Run and Hooff Run. The community of Huntington takes its name from the creek. Jones Point forms the north side. Dyke Marsh is...
  
   (Virginia)
• Broad Creek (Maryland)
• Henson Creek (Maryland)
• Swan Creek (Maryland)
• Piscataway Creek
  Piscataway Creek
  Piscataway Creek is an tributary of the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland. The creek is a tidal arm of the Potomac for its final , entering the Potomac at Fort Washington Park. Tinkers Creek is a tributary to Piscataway Creek, converging from the north upstream of the mouth of the...
  
   (Maryland)
• Little Hunting Creek
  Little Hunting Creek
  Little Hunting Creek is a primarily tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, not to be confused with Hunting Creek farther north...
  
   (Virginia)
• Dogue Creek
  Dogue Creek
  Dogue Creek is an tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Doeg Indians. The lower of the creek form a tidal embayment of the Potomac to the east of Fort Belvoir.-Variant names:...
  
   (Virginia)
• Accotink Creek
  Accotink Creek
  Accotink Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. At Springfield, Accotink Creek is dammed to create Lake Accotink. The stream empties into the Potomac at Gunston Cove's Accotink Bay, to the west of Fort Belvoir.-External links:**...
  
   (Virginia)
• Pohick Creek
  Pohick Creek
  Pohick Creek is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Fairfax County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It takes its name from the Pohick Native American tribe once prevalent in the area....
  
   (Virginia)
• Pomonkey Creek
  Pomonkey Creek
  Pomonkey Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River, near Bryans Road, Maryland. It is named for one of the Indian tribes living in the area.-External links:*...
  
   (Maryland)
• Occoquan River
  Occoquan River
  The Occoquan River is a tributary of the Potomac River in northern Virginia, in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The river is long, and its watershed covers about . It is formed by the confluence of Broad Run and Cedar Run in Prince William County; Bull Run enters it east-southeast of...
  
   (Virginia)
• Neabsco Creek
  Neabsco Creek
  Neabsco Creek is a tributary of the lower tidal segment of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. The Neabsco Creek watershed covers about...
  
   (Virginia)
• Powells Creek
  Powells Creek
  -Description:Powells Creek begins as a concrete stormwater channel in the inner-western suburb of Strathfield, and flows north-west through the suburb of Homebush, past Bressington Park, where it joins Saleyards Creek....
  
   (Virginia)
• Mattawoman Creek
  Mattawoman Creek
  Mattawoman Creek is a coastal-plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, downstream of Washington, D.C. It comprises a river flowing through Prince George's and Charles counties and a tidal-freshwater estuary in Charles County...
  
   (Maryland)
• Chicamuxen Creek (Maryland)
• Quantico Creek
  Quantico Creek
  Quantico Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. Quantico Creek rises southeast of Independent Hill, flows through Prince William Forest Park and Dumfries and empties into the Potomac at Possum Point....
  
   (Virginia)
• Little Creek (Virginia)
• Chopawamsic Creek
  Chopawamsic Creek
  Chopawamsic Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Prince William and Stafford counties, Virginia. Chopawamsic Creek is formed by the confluence of the North and South Branches of Chopawamsic Creek and empties into the Potomac River south of Quantico at the Marine Corps Base Quantico's Air...
  
   (Virginia)
• Tank Creek (Virginia)
• Aquia Creek
  Aquia Creek
  Aquia Creek is a tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in northern Virginia. The creek's headwaters lie in southeastern Fauquier County, and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, south of Washington, D.C....
  
   (Virginia)
• Potomac Creek
  Potomac Creek
  Potomac Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in King George and Stafford counties, Virginia. Potomac Creek's source lies between the communities of Glendie and Paynes Corner in Stafford County. It empties into the Potomac River at Marlboro Point...
  
   (Virginia)
• Nanjemoy Creek
  Nanjemoy Creek
  Nanjemoy Creek is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, USA, located between Cedar Point Neck and Tayloe Neck.The Nature Conservancy established its Nanjemoy Creek Preserve in 1978, which protects more than in the watershed...
  
   (Maryland)
• Port Tobacco River
  Port Tobacco River
  The Port Tobacco River is a tidal tributary of the Potomac River located in Charles County, Maryland in the United States. The river is approximately in length. The river was once the site of the thriving Port Tobacco, the county seat of Charles County from 1658 to 1895.-External links:*...
  
   (Maryland)
• Popes Creek (Maryland)
• Gambo Creek (Virginia)
• Piccowaxen Creek (Maryland)
• Upper Machodoc Creek (Virginia)
• Cuckold Creek (Maryland)
• Wicomico River
  Wicomico River (Potomac River)
  The Wicomico River is a tributary of the lower tidal portion of the Potomac River located in the U.S. state of Maryland south of Washington, DC. The river empties into the Potomac at Cobb Island and St. Margaret's Island. The Wicomico's watershed drains of Charles, St. Mary's, and southern Prince...
  
   (Maryland)
• Monroe Creek (Virginia)
• Mattox Creek
  Mattox Creek
  Mattox Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in the Washington District of Westmoreland County, Virginia, near the colonial stagecoach stop of Oak Grove. The creek is long, and the lower of the creek is navigable...
  
   (Virginia)
• Popes Creek (Virginia)
• Jackson Creek (Virginia)
• Bonum Creek (Virginia)
• St. Marys River
  St. Marys River (Maryland)
  The St. Marys River is a river in southern Maryland in the United States. It rises in southern St. Mary's County, and flows to the southeast through Great Mills, widening into a tidal estuary near St. Marys City, approximately wide at its mouth on the Potomac River, near the Chesapeake...
  
   (Maryland)
• Yeocomico River
  Yeocomico River
  The Yeocomico River is a tidal tributary of the southern portion of the Potomac River in Virginia's Northern Neck. The Yeocomico forms the boundary between Westmoreland and Northumberland counties...
  
   (Virginia)
• Garners Creek (Virginia)
• Coan River
  Coan River
  The Coan River is a river in Virginia's Northern Neck region. It is a tributary of the Potomac River. It flows from its source in Heathsville through Northumberland County and into the Potomac between Lewisetta and Walnut Point....
  
   (Virginia)
• Cod Creek (Virginia)
• Presley Creek (Virginia)
• Hull Creek
  Hull Creek
  Hull Creek is a tributary of the tidal portion of the Potomac River in Northumberland County in Virginia's Northern Neck....
  
   (Virginia)
• Cubitt Creek (Virginia)
• Hack Creek (Virginia)