The Wicomico River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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, accessed August 15, 2011 tributary
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of the lower
tidal
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portion of the
Potomac River
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located in the
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of
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south of
Washington, DC
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. The river empties into the Potomac at
Cobb Island
Cobb Island is a small island located at the confluence of the Potomac and Wicomico rivers in southern Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is located approximately south of Washington, and is considered to be within the Washington, D.C ...
and St. Margaret's Island. Its watershed area (excluding water) is , with 2% impervious surface in 1994
[Wicomico (on Potomac), MD Surf your watershed, Watershed profile]
accessed June 13, 2012 in
Charles County, Maryland, Charles,
St. Mary's, and southern
Prince George's counties. The lower section of the river forms part of the boundary between Charles and St. Mary's counties. The Wicomico River was designated as a Scenic River under the Maryland Scenic River Act in 1968; Scenic River Commissions oversee it in both Charles and St. Mary's counties (see links below).
Tributaries
*Allens Fresh Run
**Willmer Creek
**Cramer Gut
**Posey Creek
**Tears Gut
**Steinhauser Gut
**Bunker Hill Branch
**Foggy Bottoms Gut
**Colby Run
**Newport Marsh Run
*Newport Run
**Hickory Gut
**St. Clair Gut
**Murphy Run
*Hodister Run
*Lloyd Drain
*Bowling Gut
*Budds Creek
*Chaptico Bay
**Chaptico Run
**Burroughs Run
**Bull Run
*Maddox Creek
*Charleston Creek
*Neale Sound
References
External links
Wicomico Scenic River Commission--St. Mary's CountyWicomico Scenic River Commission--Charles County
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Rivers of Charles County, Maryland
Rivers of Maryland
Rivers of St. Mary's County, Maryland
Tributaries of the Potomac River