Bush River is a
tidal estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...
in
Harford County
Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...
,
Maryland
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, located about 15 mi (24 km) northeast of
Baltimore
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. The estuary extends from the community of
Riverside, south for about 9 mi (14 km), to the
Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the Eastern Shore of Maryland / ...
. The
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
area of tidal Bush River is 125 mi
2 (320 km
2), and includes
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) (sometimes erroneously called Aberdeen Proving ''Grounds'') is a U.S. Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, United States. More than 7,500 civilians and 5,000 military personnel work a ...
, a military facility.
Tributaries
Bush River has three principal tributaries: Bush Creek, Church Creek and Otter Point Creek. The smaller tributaries are:
* Abbey Creek
* Bear Cabin Branch
* Bread and Cheese Branch
* Broad Run
* Bynum Run
* Cod Creek
* Coopers Creek
* Cranberry Run
* Deep Spring Branch
* East Branch
* Elbow Brook
* Grays Run
* Haha Branch
* Heavenly Waters
* High Bridge Branch
* Hoops Branch
* James Run
* Kings Creek
* Lauderick Creek
* Long Branch
* Monks Creek
* Mountain Branch
* Plumtree Run
* Sod Run
* West Branch
*
Winters Run Winters Run is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 river in Harford County, Maryland. The river begins north of the community of Fallston at the confluence of t ...
See also
*
List of Maryland rivers
List of rivers of Maryland ( U.S. state).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.
By drainage basin
Delaware River
...
References
* Harford County Department of Public Works
"Bush River Basin."Accessed 2009-09-03.
* United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA
"Bush River."''
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
(GNIS).'' Accessed 2009-09-03.
Rivers of Harford County, Maryland
Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
Rivers of Maryland
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