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Potomac River

Information about the waterway

The Potomac River is a tidal river and is part of the Waterways of North America. It runs for 0.08 miles from Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction (where it joins the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Norfolk to Back Creek)) to Chain Bridge (Potomac River) (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Rock Creek.

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction Junction of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with the Potomac River
Rock Creek Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek	0.07 miles	0 locks
Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge	0.08 miles	0 locks
Chain Bridge (Potomac River)	0.08 miles	0 locks

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The Potomac River ( (listen)) drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is 405 miles (652 km) long, with a drainage area of 14,700 square miles (38,000 km²), and is the fourth-largest river along the East Coast of the United States and the 21st-largest in the United States. Over 5 million people live within its watershed.

The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington, D.C. on the left descending bank and between West Virginia and Virginia on the right descending bank. Except for a small portion of its headwaters in West Virginia, the North Branch Potomac River is considered part of Maryland to the low-water mark on the opposite bank. The South Branch Potomac River lies completely within the state of West Virginia except for its headwaters, which lie in Virginia.

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