List of
river
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s and
creeks of
Washington, D.C.
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(District of Columbia), sorted alphabetically.
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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. ...
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Barnaby Run
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Bennings Branch (historical)
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Bingham Run
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Broad Branch
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Davis Branch (historical)
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Deep Branch (historical)
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Duck Creek (historical)
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Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks, formally the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, is a historic estate in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss and his wife, ...
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Fenwick Branch
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Fletchers Run
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Fort Chaplin Tributary
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Fort Dupont Tributary
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Fort Stanton Tributary
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Foundry Branch
Foundry Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Washington, DC. 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 Aven ...
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Gallatin Run
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Gillam Branch (historical)
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Hickey Run
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James Creek
James Creek was a tributary of the Anacostia River in the southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., once known as St. James' Creek and perhaps named after local landowner James Greenleaf.
It arose from several springs just south of Capitol Hill. ...
(historical)
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Klingle Run
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Lost Stream
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Lower Beaverdam Creek
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Luzon Branch
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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. The stream flows from the campus of American University south about ...
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Melvin Hazen Valley Branch
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Milkhouse Run
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Nash Run
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Normanstone Creek
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Oxon Creek
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Oxon Run
Oxon Run is a tributary stream of Oxon Creek and the Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
In early maps, the stream was usually called "Oxen Run"; in 1892, the U.S. Geological Survey still labeled the stream as ...
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Pinehurst Branch
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Piney Branch
Piney Branch is a tributary of Rock Creek in Washington, D.C. It is the largest tributary located entirely within the Washington city limits.
Course
Located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., the stream flows next to Piney Branch Par ...
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Piney Run
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Pope Branch
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Portal Branch
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Potomac River
The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved Augu ...
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Reedy Branch (historical)
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Rock Creek
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Soapstone Branch
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Stickfoot Branch
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Texas Avenue Tributary
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Tiber Creek
Tiber Creek or Tyber Creek, originally named Goose Creek, is a tributary of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It was a free-flowing creek until 1815, when it was channeled to become part of the Washington City Canal. Presently, it flows un ...
(Goose Creek)
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Watts Branch
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Winkle Doodle Run
See also
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Boundary Channel
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Maryland. It replaced the Potomac Canal, ...
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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 long, receives outflow from the T ...
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Washington City Canal
The Washington City Canal operated from 1815 until the mid-1850s in Washington, D.C. The canal connected the Anacostia River, termed the "Eastern Branch" at that time, to Tiber Creek, the Potomac River, and later the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Ca ...
{{Rivers in the United States
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District
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