Patapsco River

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Decay is headed your way! (Broken Ships on Patapsco River - Baltimore, MD)

Ellicott City, MD on the Patapsco River April 23, 2012

Crossing the patapsco river in maryland.

CSX Trains, Ilchester Tunnel, Simkins Mill, and Bloedes Dam in Patapsco

Patapsco River & Road Cleanups 2013: Ep. 54

Patapsco River Flooding During Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29 2012

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Assawoman Bay
Assawoman Bay (once called Assawoman Sound; locally /ˈæsəwʊmən/) is a lagoon that is located between Ocean City, Maryland and mainland Delmarva. The bay is located on the northern end of the city, the bay on the southern end is called the Isle of Wight Bay. Another bay called Little Assawoman Bay extends into southern Delaware, and is geologically separated from the main estuaries, by a narrow strait locally referred to as "The Ditch" which crosses the Transpeninsular Line. The larger bay is sometimes called "Big Assawoman Bay", to distinguish it from the smaller bay, though this is often meant to be a tongue-in-cheek rendering of the name.
Coordinates: 38°25′N 75°05′W / 38.417°N 75.083°W / 38.417; -75.083

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Ballenger Creek
Ballenger Creek is a 10.7-mile-long (17.2 km)tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the east slope of Catoctin Mountain, about 3 miles (5 km) west of the city of Frederick. The stream runs roughly southeast to the Monocacy National Battlefield and the confluence with the Monocacy River, which drains to the Potomac River. The watershed area of the creek is 21.8 square miles (56 km²).
Coordinates: 39°21′45″N 77°24′36″W / 39.3625°N 77.41°W / 39.3625; -77.41

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Baltimore
Baltimore ( /ˈbɒltɨmɔr/, colloquially /ˈbɔl.mɔr/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located in the central area of the state along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The independent city is often referred to as Baltimore City to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County.
Founded in 1729, Baltimore is the largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic United States and is situated closer to Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy.
At 620,961 residents in 2010, Baltimore's population has decreased by one-third since its peak in 1950. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area has grown steadily to approximately 2.7 million residents in 2010; the 20th largest in the country. Baltimore is also a principal city in the larger Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area of approximately 8.4 million residents.

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Battle of Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces in the War of 1812. It was one of the turning points of the war as American forces repulsed sea and land invasions of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading British army forces. The defense of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry in the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" which later became the lyrics for "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the United States of America.

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Carroll Creek
Carroll Creek is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km)tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the eastern slopes of Catoctin Mountain, southeast of Gambrill State Park. The stream runs roughly east through the city of Frederick to the Monocacy, which drains to the Potomac River. The Shawnee Indians, who called the Monocacy River Monnockkesey (which translates as “river with many bends”), named Carroll Creek Walkwaki Methtegui, (which translates as "down in the gully creek").
Coordinates: 39°25′37″N 77°22′47″W / 39.4270465°N 77.3797070°W / 39.4270465; -77.3797070

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Casselman River
The Casselman River is a 56.5-mile-long (90.9 km)tributary of the Youghiogheny River in western Maryland and Pennsylvania in the United States.
The Casselman River rises in Garrett County atop the plateau of western Maryland as two branches, the south one east of Meadow Mountain, the north one farther west, between Meadow Mountain and Negro Mountain. The two branches flow northward combining just southwest of Grantsville, Maryland. The river then continues north into Pennsylvania, following a great arc across the Laurel Highlands of Somerset County, Pennsylvania to the appropriately named community of Confluence, where Laurel Hill Creek joins a few meters above the Youghiogheny River.

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Chester River
The Chester River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It is about 43 miles (69 km) long, and its watershed encompasses 368 sq mi (950 km²), which includes 295 sq mi (760 km²) of land. Thus the total watershed area is 20% water. It forms the border between Kent County and Queen Anne's County, Maryland, with its headwaters extending into New Castle County and Kent County, Delaware. Chestertown, the county seat of Kent County is located on its north shore. It is located south of the Sassafras River and north of Eastern Bay, and is connected with Eastern Bay through Kent Narrows.
The Chester River begins at Millington, Maryland, where Cypress Branch and Andover Branch join together. It ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a very wide mouth between Love Point on Kent Island, and Swan Point, near Gratitude, Maryland. Cypress Branch rises in southwestern New Castle County, Delaware, and Andover Branch, with its tributary, Sewell Branch, rises in northwestern Kent County, Delaware. Millington is the head of navigation. Sewell Branch and Andover Branch join in a private impoundage of approximately 30 acres (120,000 m²) about two miles (3 km) above joining with Cypress Branch and then becoming the Chester River.

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Chincoteague Bay
Chincoteague Bay (locally /ˈʃɪŋ.kə.tiːɡ/, /ˈʃɪŋ.kə.tɪɡ/, or /ˌʃɪŋ.kə.ˈtiːɡ/) is a lagoon between the Atlantic barrier islands of Assateague and Chincoteague and the mainland of Worcester County, Maryland and northern Accomack County, Virginia. At the bay's northern end, where it narrows between Assateague and Sinepuxent Neck, it becomes Sinepuxent Bay; Chincoteague Bay's southern end drains into the Atlantic Ocean via Queen Sound and Chincoteague Inlet. No major river flows into Chincoteague Bay—its largest tributaries are Newport Creek in Worcester County and Swans Gut Creek in Accomack County.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chincoteague Bay was well-known for its shellfish industry, which shipped oysters, crabs, and clams to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. The shellfish industry was based in several landings and small towns: Taylors Landing at Girdletree, Maryland, George Island Landing at Stockton, Maryland, and Franklin City and Greenbackville in Virginia. Girdletree, Stockton, and Franklin City were all on the now-defunct southern end of what is today the Maryland and Delaware Railroad that ran south from Snow Hill, Maryland. Unfortunately, overfishing depleted shellfish stocks, which have still not recovered.

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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 80 miles (129 km) in length, with 57 miles (92 km) in Pennsylvania and 23 miles (37 km) in Maryland. The watershed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles (1,470 km²), out of which only 65 square miles (170 km²) (12% of the area) are in Maryland.
The word "Conococheague" is translated from the Delaware Indian spoken language to mean "Water of many turns". The Conococheague, or Connogochegue, as it was known at the time, was the northernmost extent of the range along the Potomac within which Congress in the Residence Bill of 1790 authorized the establishment of the Federal District, known as the District of Columbia. By presidential proclamation, George Washington placed the District at the lower end of the range, near the "Eastern Branch", later Anacostia River, which marked the southernmost extent of the Residence Bill's range.

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Conowingo Creek
Conowingo Creek is a 20.2-mile-long (32.5 km)tributary of the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, Maryland.
The name of the creek comes from the Lenape, meaning "at the rapids".
It originates near the northern border of East Drumore Township and flows south, meeting Jackson Run near the southern border. It enters Fulton Township just above the birthplace of Robert Fulton, for whom the township is named. Flowing along the east side of Wakefield, it meets Little Conowingo Creek below the town, and begins to flow through hillier terrain before entering Maryland. Its valley soon deepens into a gorge as it approaches the Susquehanna. It empties into the Conowingo Reservoir at Pilot Station.
Note: Conowingo Creek is between Octoraro and Muddy Creeks in the Lower Susquehanna River subbasin, but is not included above because its watershed area is less than 100 km².
Coordinates: 39°40′56″N 76°11′49″W / 39.6823289°N 76.1968985°W / 39.6823289; -76.1968985

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Double Pipe Creek
Double Pipe Creek is a major tributary of the Monocacy River in Carroll County and Frederick County in Maryland, located several miles north and west of Westminster. The creek is only 1.6 miles (2.6 km) long, but is formed by the confluence of two much longer streams, Big Pipe Creek and Little Pipe Creek.
The creek's watershed extends as far east as Manchester, Maryland, and includes the towns of Union Bridge, Taneytown, New Windsor and Westminster. The main stem of the creek is formed from the confluence of Big Pipe Creek, 31.6 miles (50.9 km) long, with headwaters near Manchester; and Little Pipe Creek, 24.9 miles (40.1 km) long, with headwaters in Westminster. From the confluence, near Detour, Maryland (39°36′04″N 77°16′13″W / 39.6012°N 77.2703°W / 39.6012; -77.2703), Double Pipe flows west for 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to its mouth at the Monocacy, which drains to the Potomac River. The watershed area of Double Pipe Creek is 192.6 square miles (499 km²).
Tributaries include Bear Branch, Big Pipe Creek, Little Pipe Creek, Meadow Branch and Sam’s Creek. Double Pipe Creek, the portion of Little Pipe Creek west of Union Bridge, and the western section of Sam's Creek form part of the legal boundary between Frederick County and Carroll County.

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Dueling Creek
Dueling Creek is a tributary of the Anacostia River in southern Maryland in the United States, located in the town of Colmar Manor.
It was notorious as a favorite spot for duels in the 19th Century, the most infamous being between Stephen Decatur and James Barron.
Coordinates: 38°55′43″N 76°56′35″W / 38.92861°N 76.94306°W / 38.92861; -76.94306

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Eastern Bay
The Eastern Bay is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay located between Queen Anne's County, Maryland and Talbot County, Maryland on the Eastern Shore. Its main tributaries include the Miles River and the Wye River. It is located south of the Chester River and north of the Choptank River and is connected to the Chester River via Kent Narrows.
A ferry across the Eastern Bay run by the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Company used to connect the communities of Romancoke and Claiborne until December 31, 1952.

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Fishing Bay
Fishing Bay is a large saltwater bay in Maryland bordered by to the east Elliot's Island, Maryland and the rest of south Dorchester County, Maryland to the west. It is a part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Coordinates: 38°18′11″N 76°01′14″W / 38.30306°N 76.02056°W / 38.30306; -76.02056

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Georges Creek
Georges Creek is a 17.6-mile-long (28.3 km)tributary stream of the North Branch Potomac River in western Maryland. The creek has its headwaters near Frostburg and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at Westernport, all in western Allegany County. Along the Georges Creek Valley, there exists a series of small towns founded in the nineteenth century for miners' homes. The Georges Creek Valley is rich in wide veins of coal, once extracted by deep mines but still mined today through surface mining.

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Gunpowder River
The Gunpowder River is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km) tidal inlet on the western side of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, United States. It is formed by the joining of two freshwater rivers, Gunpowder Falls (often referred to locally as "Big Gunpowder Falls") and Little Gunpowder Falls.
The Big Gunpowder, 56.7 miles (91.2 km) long, begins in the extreme southern part of Pennsylvania's York County. From there, the Gunpowder flows in a generally southeast direction through the length of Baltimore County until it reaches Joppatowne where it is joined by the Little Gunpowder and the Bird River, becoming simply the "Gunpowder River" once it passes the Amtrak train bridge that runs from Chase to Joppa. Joppa was an important deep-water seaport and rival to the port of Baltimore in colonial American times, until sedimentation of the Gunpowder River caused by upstream development made its harbor inaccessible to large ships.
Little Gunpowder Falls, as its name implies, is much smaller than the mainstem Gunpowder Falls. Throughout its 25.2-mile (40.6 km) length, it forms much of the boundary between eastern Baltimore County and western Harford County until it reaches the Big Gunpowder. From there, the Gunpowder River is mainly a tidal estuary of the Chesapeake Bay that continues to form the boundary between Baltimore and Harford counties.

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Gwynns Falls
Gwynns Falls is a 24.9-mile-long (40.1 km)stream located in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland. The headwaters are located in Reisterstown in Baltimore County, and the stream flows southeast, entering the city of Baltimore and emptying into the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River. The Patapsco drains into the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of Gwynns Falls is 66 square miles (170 km²).
The stream was named for Richard Gwinn, who opened a trading post along it in 1669. Gwynns Falls does not actually have a waterfall, but its rough, rocky nature caused John Smith to comment on how the stream tumbled over "felles". This confusing local practice of using "falls" in the name of rocky streams was also applied to Baltimore's Jones Falls and Gunpowder Falls, which do not have waterfalls.

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Harris Creek
Harris Creek is a creek in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. The creek is located to the south of the village of Lumby in the North Okanagan. Harris Creek has been mined for gold. The total output mined for Harris Creek amounts to $125,000.
Harris Creek flows northwest into Bessette Creek, a tributary of the Shuswap River.
Coordinates: 50°12′N 119°0′W / 50.2°N 119°W / 50.2; -119

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Hawlings River
Hawlings River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km)tributary of the Patuxent River in Montgomery County, Maryland. The watershed covers an area of about 28 square miles (73 km²). The headwaters of the river originate in the area north of Laytonsville, and the river flows southeast, entering the Patuxent about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) below the Triadelphia Reservoir. Portions of Hawlings River flow through Rachel Carson Conservation Park and Hawlings River Stream Valley Park. Tributaries of the Hawlings River include Mount Zion Tributary, Reddy Branch, Olney Mill Tributary, Gregg Tributary, and James Creek. The river and its tributaries total about 98 miles (158 km) of streams.
Coordinates: 39°10′33″N 77°00′20″W / 39.1759402°N 77.0055328°W / 39.1759402; -77.0055328

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Herring Bay
Herring Bay is a bay in Anne Arundel County in the U.S. state of Maryland. It lies in the mid-Chesapeake Bay along the western shore.
Coordinates: 38°45′10″N 76°32′36″W / 38.75278°N 76.54333°W / 38.75278; -76.54333

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Herring Run
The Herring Run is an 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km) tributary of the Back River located in Baltimore, Maryland.
The 31-square-mile (80 km²) watershed has its headwaters in Towson, Maryland, and flows through Baltimore and Baltimore County before discharging into the Back River, which empties into the Chesapeake Bay. The principal tributaries of Herring Run are the Western Branch, Chinquapin Run, Tiffany Run, Armistead Run, Biddison Run, Moores Run and Redhouse Run. The total length of the Herring Run main stem and tributaries is over 41 miles (66 km).
The Maryland Department of the Environment has listed the Herring Run as an impaired tributary, due to the elevated amounts of fecal coliform bacteria found in it. Nonetheless, efforts continue to improve the stream's water quality.
The Herring Run Watershed Association (HRWA) was founded in 1978 (originally as the Friends of Northeast Parks and Streams) and is now a fully staffed 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to stewarding the watershed. Its efforts include stream cleanups; stream plantings; rain barrel distribution; resident education; green jobs creation; advocacy, and running a native plant nursery.

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Honga River
Coordinates: 38°18′N 76°10′W / 38.3°N 76.17°W / 38.3; -76.17 (Honga River)
The Honga River is an estuary on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay, bounded on the west by Hooper's Island and on the east by the mainland of Dorchester County, Maryland. 14 miles (23 km) in length and something over 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, it runs southeast to the west entrance of Hooper Strait, north of Tangier Island; the Hooper Strait Light stood between the two. Towns on the river include Crapo, Fishing Creek and Wingate.
The river was sometimes called the "Hunger" or even "Hungary" River, Historians hold, however, that the name is derived from the Powatan word kahunge meaning "goose". The Honga was a historic center of the oyster fishery in the bay and continues to be popular with sport fishermen.

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Isle of Wight Bay
Isle of Wight Bay is a lagoon that separates part of mainland Worcester County, Maryland from the southern part of Ocean City, also in Worcester County. The major tributary of Isle of Wight Bay is the St. Martin's River; other tributaries include Turville Creek and Herring Creek.
Coordinates: 38°22′18″N 75°05′51″W / 38.37167°N 75.0975°W / 38.37167; -75.0975

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Jones Falls
The Jones Falls is a 17.9-mile-long (28.8 km)stream in Maryland. It is impounded to create Lake Roland before running through the city of Baltimore and finally emptying into the Baltimore Inner Harbor.
The Jones Falls valley has a long history in the city of Baltimore as a transportation corridor. The valley of the Jones Falls carries Falls Road, the tracks for the Amtrak Northeast Corridor, the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) of Interstate 83, and the Baltimore Light Rail. The Baltimore Penn Station also rests on an elevated platform in the valley. It also carries tracks for a historic rail line which is currently served by the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. The MTA Maryland Route 27 also provides transportation on Falls Road; however, at some point it was moved from following 36th Street south to other city streets.
The Jones Falls is spanned by many bridges within Baltimore City's borders, and oftentimes the Jones Falls Expressway rests directly above the river.

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Licking Creek
Licking Creek is a 56.6-mile-long (91.1 km)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 Washington County in Maryland, to join the Potomac River downstream of Hancock.

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Linganore Creek
Linganore Creek is a 13.5-mile-long (21.7 km)tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The stream is formed from the confluence of the north and south forks of the Linganore (39°26′56″N 77°13′18″W / 39.4489911°N 77.2216489°W / 39.4489911; -77.2216489), about 10 miles (16 km) east-northeast of the city of Frederick. The creek runs roughly southwest to the Monocacy River, which drains to the Potomac River. The watershed area of the creek is 83.1 square miles (215 km²).
Lake Linganore, an impoundment built on the creek about 4 miles (6 km) east of Frederick, is the principal source of drinking water for the city. It is also a drinking water source for the central portion of Frederick County. The community of Lake Linganore takes its name from the lake.
Coordinates: 39°24′26″N 77°21′55″W / 39.4073245°N 77.3652625°W / 39.4073245; -77.3652625

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Little Magothy River
The Little Magothy River runs 2.5 miles (4.0 km) through Anne Arundel County in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located southeast of the Magothy River, just outside its mouth but considered part of the same watershed, and north of the Severn River.
It is a small, mostly tidal river with a watershed area (not including the water surface) of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²). The mailing addresses in the watershed are Annapolis but the whole watershed is in Anne Arundel County, on the north side of the Broadneck Peninsula. It is bordered on the west by the community of Cape Saint Claire, and on the east by houses and farms along Bay Head Road. It is just west of Sandy Point State Park. It starts near College Parkway and US 50/301, just north of the Whitehall Creek watershed (which is part of the Severn River watershed that drains to Whitehall Bay), and it flows north into Chesapeake Bay south of Gibson Island. It has one named nontidal creek that drains into its upper end, Cat Branch, which flows under Cape Saint Claire Road. According to "My River Speaks," p. 141, Cat Branch was dammed in the mid-18th century to supply water through a canal to a mill in the upper Whitehall Creek watershed (part of the Severn River watershed).

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Little Seneca Creek
Little Seneca Creek is an 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) stream in Montgomery County, Maryland, roughly 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. The creek drains portions of Clarksburg, Germantown, and Boyds. It rises south of Damascus and flows southward about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) to Little Seneca Lake, a reservoir created by construction of a dam on the creek. The reservoir empties to the lower portion of the creek, which flows south about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) to Seneca Creek, which drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
A portion of the creek below the lake is a cold water stream that supports natural rainbow trout and brown trout populations.
In 1994, the Montgomery County Council anticipated population growth in the Little Seneca watershed and imposed some restrictions on housing development and other new construction in part of the watershed, in order to preserve water quality before development accelerated. A "Special Protection Area" was designated that requires additional controls for stormwater runoff, beyond those required of all new projects.

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Manokin River
Manokin River is a river in Somerset County, Maryland, that flows into Tangier Sound, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The Manokin (locally /məˈnoʊkɨn/) rises east of Princess Anne, Maryland, flows through the town, then widens into a tidal estuary. Tributaries along the river's 17-mile (27 km) length are Kings Creek, Back Creek, St. Peters Creek, Broad Creek, and Fishing Creek. During the colonial period, the Manokin was navigable as far as Princess Anne.
The Manokin Historic District is located on both sides of the river near its mouth.
Much of the Deal Island Wildlife Management Area is on the north side of the river; a small section of the Fairmount Wildlife Management Area is on the south.

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Marshyhope Creek
Marshyhope Creek is a 37.0-mile-long (59.5 km)tributary of the Nanticoke River on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in Kent County, Delaware, and runs through Caroline County, Maryland, and Dorchester County, Maryland.
Marshyhope Creek begins in southwestern Kent County, Delaware, near the city of Harrington, and ends at the Nanticoke River, near Sharptown, Maryland. The entire watershed is in the coastal plain and reaches sea level at Brookview, Maryland. Federalsburg is the head of navigation.
There are several small creeks on the western shore, including Faulkner Branch, Sullivan Branch, Capital Branch, Green Branch, and Horsepen Arm. On the eastern shore the small creeks include Tanyard Branch, Houston Branch, Jones Mill Branch, Double Fork Branch, Quarter Branch, Tomahawk Branch, and Prospect Point Branch.
Coordinates: 38°45′14″N 75°44′33″W / 38.753845°N 75.742624°W / 38.753845; -75.742624

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Maryland
Maryland (ⁱ/ˈmɛrɨlənd/) is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution, and three nicknames for it (the Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State) are occasionally used. Maryland is the 9th smallest state by area, but the 19th most populous and the 5th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's most populated city is Baltimore. Its capital is Annapolis. It was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.
Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km²) and is comparable in overall area with the European country of Belgium (11,787 square miles (30,530 km²)). It is the 42nd largest/9th smallest state, and is closest in size to Hawaii (10,930.98 square miles (28,311.1 km²)), the next smallest state. The next largest state, Maryland's neighbor West Virginia, is almost twice the size of Maryland (24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km²)).

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Mattawoman Creek
Mattawoman Creek is a 30.0-mile-long (48.3 km)coastal-plain tributary to the tidal Potomac River with a mouth at Indian Head, Maryland, 20 miles (32 km) downstream of Washington, D.C. It comprises a 23-mile (37 km) river flowing through Prince George's and Charles counties and a 7-mile (11 km) tidal-freshwater estuary in Charles County. About three-fourths of its 94-square-mile (240 km²) watershed lies in Charles County, with the remainder in Prince Georges County immediately to the north.
Mattawoman appears on Capt. John Smith's circa-1608 map as Mataughquamend, an Algonquian compound translated as “where one goes pleasantly.” Today, Mattawoman Creek is listed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as impaired under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act for excess nutrients, sediment, and loss of living resources. At the same time, because it is the southernmost Potomac River freshwater estuary in Maryland, Mattawoman has escaped much of the degradation associated with urbanization spreading from Washington, D.C. It retains noteworthy biodiversity.

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Miles River
The Miles River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km) tidal river in Talbot County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Eastern Bay and is thus part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The town of St. Michaels is located on the Miles River, and the river's name is believed to be derived from the name of the town.
Its watershed area is 54 square miles (140 km²), of which 12 square miles (31 km²) is open water, so it is 22% water. The predominant land use is agricultural with 22 square miles (57 km²), or 52% of the land area.

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Muddy Branch
Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, located about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Washington, D.C. The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for 11.9 miles (19.2 km), through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Pennyfield Lock, to the Potomac River.

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Nanjemoy Creek
Nanjemoy Creek is a 13.1-mile-long (21.1 km)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 3,510 acres (1,420 ha) in the watershed. There is a large Great Blue Heron rookery located at Nanjemoy Creek.
Blossom Point, a part of Harry Diamond Laboratories, and operated by the U.S. Army, is located on Cedar Point Neck, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) may be present within firing fans, which extend into both Nanjemoy Creek and the Potomac River.
The rural community of Nanjemoy is in the area around Nanjemoy Creek.
The following variant names have been listed on the Geographic Names Information System by the United States Geological Survey.
Coordinates: 38°26′19″N 77°8′17″W / 38.43861°N 77.13806°W / 38.43861; -77.13806

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Nanticoke River
The Nanticoke River is a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula. It rises in southern Kent County, Delaware, flows through Sussex County, Delaware, and forms the boundary between Dorchester County, Maryland and Wicomico County, Maryland. The river course proceeds southwest and it empties into the Chesapeake at Nanticoke, Maryland. The river is 64.3 miles (103.5 km) long. A 26-mile ecotourism water trail running along the River was set aside in July 2011 by Delaware state and federal officials, contiguous with a 37-mile water-trail extending through Maryland to the Chesapeake Bay.
Its main tributaries are Marshyhope Creek on the north side and Gravelly Fork and Broad Creek on the south side. Notable communities situated along the river include the towns of Nanticoke, Bivalve, Vienna, and Sharptown in Maryland; and the city of Seaford, Delaware.
According to a study paid for by the town of Vienna, the English explorer John Smith travelled up the Nanticoke River and mapped it, and visited with Native Americans in their settlement, now believed to be Vienna.

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North East River
The North East River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Entirely tidal, it extends for about 5.0 miles (8.0 km) from the town of North East southwest past Charlestown to the main body of Chesapeake Bay between Carpenter Point and Red Point. The river is fed by North East Creek and its tributaries, which reach as far north as just east of Nottingham, Pennsylvania. The North East River is entirely within Cecil County, Maryland, though its watershed extends into Chester County, Pennsylvania. On the 1612John Smith map, it was referred to as Gunter's Harbour.

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Octoraro Creek
Octoraro Creek is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km)tributary of the Susquehanna River, joining it 9 miles (14 km) above the Susquehanna's mouth at Chesapeake Bay. The Octoraro rises as an East and West Branch in Pennsylvania. The East Branch and Octoraro Creek form the southern half of the border between Lancaster and Chester counties until the creek crosses the Mason-Dixon line. It winds through northwestern Cecil County, Maryland before joining the Susquehanna.
Each of the branches is less than 20 miles (32 km) long. The entire creek drains 208 square miles (540 km²) of watershed.
Octoraro Creek was designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River by Legislative Act 1983-43, managed by the Octoraro Creek Watershed Association.
The East Branch Octoraro Creek, 18.1 miles (29.1 km) long, starts at Christiana, Pennsylvania, created by the confluence of Williams Run and Pine Creek, which carries the Lancaster - Chester County border for about a mile. The East Branch continues the border with Lancaster County to the west and Chester County on the east bank. The branch enters a steep wooded valley and passes under the Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge at Bailey Crossroads Road. The branch continues through the valley which widens out near Steelville. The branch loops through another steep valley north of Homeville, which widens out before the creek passes under PA Route 896 at Andrews Bridge. Muddy Run joins the East Branch from the east out of its own set of steep valleys. The East Branch widens out into the eastern part of Lake Octoraro about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Oxford, Pennsylvania. Along the east branch of the lake is the Girl Scouts' Camp Tweedale.

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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 (Capital Beltway) at Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The tributary stream is Oxon Run. Oxon Creek is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length and empties into the Potomac at Goose Island (a sand bar often under water) across from the city of Alexandria, Virginia. To the north is the Blue Plains waste water treatment facility and to the south the Oxon Cove Park. The Anacostia Freeway crosses it on a bridge. To the east is Oxon Hill Manor. The unusual spelling is either historical or a reference to Oxfordshire, England.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Oxon Creek has been known by the following names throughout its history:

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Paint Branch
Paint Branch is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km)stream that flows through Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Northeast Branch, which flows to the Anacostia River, Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.
The headwaters of Paint Branch are located near Spencerville (about 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north of Washington, D.C.) and the stream flows south for 14 miles (23 km) to its confluence with the Northeast Branch. The watershed area is 20.8 square miles (54 km²) and includes portions of the communities of Spencerville, Cloverly, Fairland, Colesville, White Oak and College Park.
Coordinates: 38°58′43″N 76°55′00″W / 38.9787216°N 76.9166405°W / 38.9787216; -76.9166405

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Pocomoke River
The Pocomoke River stretches approximately 66 miles (106 km) from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands called the Great Cypress Swamp, largely populated by Loblolly Pine, Red Maple and Baldcypress. The river is the easternmost river that flows into Chesapeake Bay and is reputed to be one of the deepest rivers for its width in the world. “Pocomoke” (locally /ˈpoʊkɵmoʊk/), though traditionally interpreted as "dark (or black) water" by local residents, is now agreed by scholars of the Algonquian languages to be derived from the words for "broken (or pierced) ground," and likely referred to the farming practices of the surrounding indigenous peoples.
It rises in several forks in the Great Cypress Swamp in southern Sussex County, Delaware. From there, it flows south into Maryland, forming the boundary between Wicomico and Worcester counties and flowing through the swamps that are named for the river. At Porter's Crossing it turns southwest, broadening into a slow meandering river and flowing through the Pocomoke River State Forest and Pocomoke River State Park. It flows past Pocomoke City, and enters Pocomoke Sound on Chesapeake Bay on the state line between Maryland and Virginia.

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Pomonkey Creek
Pomonkey Creek is a 1.8-mile-long (2.9 km) tidal tributary of the Potomac River, near Bryans Road, Maryland. It is named for one of the Indian tribes living in the area.

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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 4.2 miles (6.8 km) in length. The river was once the site of the thriving Port Tobacco, the county seat of Charles County from 1658 to 1895.

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Rhode River
The Rhode River is a 3-mile-long (5 km)tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River.
These are its named tidal creeks and coves starting at the upper end and going clockwise, with a lower-order tributary listed after the "&" symbol:
YMCA Camp Letts sits on a peninsula at the northern end of the Rhode River, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center occupies most of the northwestern shore of the Rhode River.
Rhode River Hundred is listed in records of some of the earliest settlements in the Province of Maryland. In 1651, Robert Harwood surveyed Harwood Plantation on the Rhode River. A deed was written by Thomas Harwood of Streatley, Berks County (Berkshire), England to his son Richard Harwood for Hookers Purchase at the head of Muddy Creek.

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Sassafras River
The Sassafras River is a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula in the United States. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and starts in western New Castle County, Delaware, and along the boundary between Cecil County, Maryland on the north and Kent County, Maryland on the south. It rises southwest of Middletown, Delaware and ends at the Chesapeake Bay in a wide mouth between Howell Point near Betterton, Maryland and Grove Point on Grove Neck.
It is south of the Elk River and north of the Chester River. The Sassafras River is entirely within the coastal plain. Its watershed area (including the water surface) is 97 square miles (250 km²), with 83 square miles (210 km²) of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 14% water.
There are several small creeks on the northern shore of the Sassafras River, including Money Creek, Cox Creek, Foreman Creek, Back Creek, McGill Creek, Dowdel Creek, Hall Creek, and Duffy Creek. On the southern shore small creeks include Lloyd Creek, Turner's Creek, Freeman Creek, Woodland Creek, Dyer Creek, Mill Creek, Swantown Creek, Jacobs Creek, and Herring Branch.

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Sinepuxent Bay
Sinepuxent Bay is an inland waterway which connects Chincoteague Bay to Isle of Wight Bay, and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Ocean City Inlet. It separates Sinepuxent Neck, in Worcester County, Maryland from Assateague Island, and West Ocean City, Maryland from downtown Ocean City. Islands in the Sinepuxent Bay include Horn Island and Skimmer Island. It is crossed by the Harry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge on U.S. Route 50 and the Verrazano Bridge on Maryland Route 611 (not to be confused with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City; both were named for Giovanni da Verrazzano, who explored the coastline in 1524). The bay is the location of the islands that compose the Sinepuxent Bay Wildlife Management Area.
Sinepuxent Inlet, a navigable waterway through the barrier island during the colonial era, was located just south of the Assateague Island National Seashore day-use area, but was closed in a hurricane in 1818.Sinepuxent was a once-thriving community on the mainland about a half mile north of the Verrazano Bridge, also destroyed in the same hurricane.

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Slaughter Creek
Slaughter Creek is a 6.7-mile-long (10.8 km) saltwater creek that drains into the Little Choptank River. The creek is 0.3 miles (0.5 km) wide at its mouth. It separates Taylors Island, Maryland from the mainland.

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Tonoloway Creek
Tonoloway Creek, also known as Great Tonoloway Creek, is a 31.4-mile-long (50.5 km)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.
(travelling upstream)

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Tuckahoe Creek
Tuckahoe Creek is a 21.5-mile-long (34.6 km) tributary of the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is sometimes (erroneously) referred to as the Tuckahoe River. Upstream of Hillsboro, it forms the boundary between Caroline County and Queen Anne's County, passing through Tuckahoe State Park and dividing the small towns of Queen Anne and Hillsboro. Downstream of Hillsboro, it forms the boundary between Caroline County and Talbot County, before flowing into the Choptank.
Two miles south of Queen Anne, east of where Tapper's Corner Road ends at Lewistown Road, a creek flows into the Tuckahoe at the birthplace of Frederick Douglass.
Details on navigating the creek, sights to be seen, etc. may be found in the Choptank & Tuckahoe RiverGuide.
Coordinates: 38°48′53″N 75°53′50″W / 38.8148364°N 75.8971583°W / 38.8148364; -75.8971583

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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.

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Winters Run
Winters Run is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km)river in Harford County, Maryland. The river begins north of the community of Fallston at the confluence of the West and East Branches, and flows southeast about 11 miles (18 km) to Atkisson Dam in Edgewood. The dam and reservoir were built by the U.S. Army in 1942 to provide an auxiliary fresh water source for nearby Edgewood Arsenal. Upon reaching the tidal line, the river is renamed Otter Point Creek, which empties to Bush River and the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of Winters Run is about 56 square miles (150 km²).
North of the dam is Harford Glen, an environmental study area owned by the Harford County Public Schools to provide environmental education to students around the county.
Winters Run contains areas of whitewater Class I and II as well ample fishing opportunities.
Coordinates: 39°26′21″N 76°18′27″W / 39.4392749°N 76.3074578°W / 39.4392749; -76.3074578

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Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy (Charlton) and Captain John Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra in what was Frederick County and is now Carroll County, Maryland. His father John Ross Key was a lawyer, a judge and an officer in the Continental Army. His great-grandparents were Philip Key and Susanna Barton Gardiner, both born in London, England, immigrated to Maryland in 1726.
He studied law at St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland and also learned under his uncle Philip Barton Key.
During the War of 1812, Key, accompanied by the American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner, dined aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant, as the guests of three British officers: Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane, Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn, and Major General Robert Ross. Skinner and Key were there to negotiate the release of prisoners, one being Dr. William Beanes. Beanes was a resident of Upper Marlboro, Maryland and had been captured by the British after he placed rowdy stragglers under citizen's arrest with a group of men. Skinner, Key, and Beanes were not allowed to return to their own sloop: they had become familiar with the strength and position of the British units and with the British intent to attack Baltimore. As a result of this, Key was unable to do anything but watch the bombarding of the American forces at Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on the night of September 13–14, 1814.

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Decay is headed your way! (Broken Ships on Patapsco River - Baltimore, MD)

Here in Baltimore, Maryland for some decay!...

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Kayaking the Patapsco River Spring 2012

Kayaking the Patapsco River Spring 2012...

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Ellicott City, MD on the Patapsco River April 23, 2012

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Patapsco River

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Flooding Patapsco River

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Patapsco River Fun Run

We caught the Patapsco at 1500cfs today, after work. It looks like the union dam rapid cha...

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CSX Trains, Ilchester Tunnel, Simkins Mill, and Bloedes Dam in Patapsco

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Patapsco River & Road Cleanups 2013: Ep. 54

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Patapsco River & Road Cleanups, Ep. 53

Episode 53: "Happy Pneu Year" One week ago I was so proud of myself for pulling 58 tires o...

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Patapsco River Flooding During Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29 2012

Rising Patapsco River during Hurricane Sandy in Oella, MD....

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Kayaking the Patapsco River from Daniels

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Patapsco River rapids after Hurricane Sandy

The Patapsco River in Ellicott City, MD the morning after Hurrican Sandy passed through. S...

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There are bigger issues to worry about than Benghazi

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25 Jan 2013

Republicans wanted nothing more than to summon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Capitol Hill and grill her about the tragic fiasco in Benghazi. Sadly for them, they got their wish. Clinton’s smooth and confident performance at Wednesday’s Senate and House committee hearings was fun to watch. When her would-be inquisitors asked serious questions, she gave serious answers. But when Sen ... Fat chance ... Benghazi ... Perhaps not ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)

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A bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is visible in the foreground as President Barack Obama meets with senior advisors, in the Oval Office, Feb. 4, 2010.

Same Bibles, Different Theologies and Histories

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24 Jan 2013

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In the world of politics and imagination, theater usually trumps theology while history is most often vanquished by histrionics. President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony for a second term reflects this truth, specifically as he uses two historic bibles-one belonging to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and another used only by Abraham Lincoln ... "With malice toward none; with charity for all."....(size: 7.3Kb)

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Why sticks don't work with North Korea

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25 Jan 2013

By Charles Armstrong, Special to CNN. Editor’s note. Charles Armstrong is the director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. The views expressed are his own. Anyone who has followed North Korean affairs for the last several years (or the last two decades) could have predicted North Korea’s defiant response to the U.N ... sanctions not by giving up missiles and nukes, but ratcheting up the rhetoric ... More from GPS ... Post by ... ... ....(size: 15.8Kb)

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Death sentences over Egypt football massacre

Al Jazeera

26 Jan 2013

An Egyptian court has handed down 21 death sentences in connection with the deadly riot last year at a football stadium in Port Said located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The defendants sentenced on Saturday are mostly members of the "Ultras," die-hard football fans who support Port Said's al-Masry squad ... Al-Masry fans stormed the pitch after their team won, throwing stones, bottles and fireworks at al-Ahly supporters....(size: 17.2Kb)

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Swine flu infected 'fifth of people'

BBC News

25 Jan 2013

At least one in five people, including half of schoolchildren, were infected with swine flu during the first year of the pandemic in 2009, according to data from 19 countries. It is thought the virus killed 200,000 people around the world. A World Health Organization-led study looked for evidence of the body's immune system fighting the virus ... Anti-bodies ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

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Auction scheduled for Westport Waterfront site

Baltimore Sun

25 Jan 2013

The auction house A.J. Billig and Co ... Mitchell Jr ... Turner's plans for a massive, mixed-use development on the land, on the western shore of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River, were derailed by the recession ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)

Speaker for Ellicott City MLK Day event taps her own learning experience

Baltimore Sun

12 Jan 2013

"We are so fortunate to have Reverend Gertie to help us reflect on this day," said Galke, who also oversees the Patapsco Female Institute and ... Since the school had no electricity or indoor plumbing, teachers relied on a wood-fed potbelly stove for heat and asked students to fetch water from a tributary of the Patapsco River down the hill, she said....(size: 4.2Kb)

Speaker for Ellicott City MLK Day event tap's her own learning experience

Baltimore Sun

10 Jan 2013

USS Constellation annual turnaround cruise slated for May 23 (Video)

The Examiner

10 Jan 2013

The U.S.S. Constellation, the oldest ship in the U.S. Navy, will take its annual turnaround cruise in Baltimore Harbor on Thursday, May 23. For the second year in a row, the event will take place the Thursday before Memorial Day ... It restricts vessel traffic in the Patapsco River and Northwest and Inner harbors during the event ... 8 ... McHenry and back ... ....(size: 1.9Kb)

Foreclosure of Turner's Westport property may proceed

Baltimore Sun

08 Jan 2013

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Turner in default on Westport payments

Baltimore Sun

05 Jan 2013

On Dec ... Inc. the funds for wetland construction and soil capping performed at the development site on the western shore of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River....(size: 1.8Kb)

Delays expected for westbound traffic on Patapsco River Bridge

Baltimore Sun

26 Dec 2012

Westbound traffic on the newly reconstructed Patapsco River Bridge on Route 40 — connecting Baltimore and Howard counties — is scheduled to be shifted back to the original bridge Thursday, Dec ... 40 will be closed ......(size: 2.3Kb)

Old Montgomery Road bridge to be replaced

Baltimore Sun

26 Dec 2012

Related Delays expected for westbound traffic on Patapsco River Bridge More Ellicott City news ....(size: 1.3Kb)

Lane reduction on Route 40 scheduled as construction nears completion

Baltimore Sun

19 Dec 2012

The newly reconstructed Patapsco River Bridge on Route 40 connecting Baltimore and Howard counties is set to open in the coming days, causing lane shifts and closures ......(size: 1.0Kb)

Residents, officials have hope for Westport waterfront despite foreclosure

Baltimore Sun

27 Nov 2012

News that Citigroup is foreclosing on developer Patrick Turner's Westport Waterfront property did not alarm Keisha Allen, the leader of the Westport Neighborhood Association ... Financial troubles for Turner's massive mixed-use development along the western shore of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco river have been simmering for months, culminating with Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp ... Reisinger of Turner ... steve.kilar@baltsun.com....(size: 5.0Kb)

On the Road with the Steelers: Baltimore

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

25 Nov 2012

Baltimore sprang to life more than 300 years ago as a ship-building town, so little surprise that many of its charms center around the water ... Baltimore is an easy, 4 1/2-hour drive from Pittsburgh on fast-moving highway roads ... Steelers in Baltimore ... Baltimore Water Taxi (baltimorewatertaxi.com; $12 adults for an all-day pass) shuttles riders to more than a dozen tourist spots on the Inner Harbor and Patapsco River.Where to stay ... ....(size: 8.6Kb)

Sewage leak went undetected for weeks

MSNBC

22 Nov 2012

The West Branch flows to the Patapsco River. The overflow went undetected for weeks because the break occurred in a seldom-traveled wooded area of the hospital campus ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)

TUESDAY STORM PHOTOS: Damage, flooding could keep New York, other airports closed past Wednesday

The Business Review

30 Oct 2012

Phoenix Business Journal by Mike Sunnucks, Senior Reporter. Date. Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 1.37pm MST. (9 photos). Nicholas Griner . Staff. Baltimore. Visitors to Historic Ellicott City snap photos and video of the rushing Patapsco River in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Senior Reporter- Phoenix Business Journal  . . . , and other carriers continue to cancel flights on the East Coast and other areas slammed by ... Comments....(size: 10.4Kb)

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Coordinates: 39°10′25″N 76°26′36″W / 39.1737202°N 76.4432935°W

Patapsco River
Patapsco Valley State Park at Catonsville
Country	United States
State	Maryland

Tributaries
- left	North Branch
- right	South Branch
Cities	Baltimore, Elkridge, Ellicott City


Source
- location	Marriottsville
- elevation	260 ft (79 m)
- coordinates	39°20′59″N 76°52′56″W / 39.3498272°N 76.8821987°W / 39.3498272; -76.8821987
Mouth	Chesapeake Bay
- location	Baltimore
- elevation	0 ft (0 m)
- coordinates	39°10′25″N 76°26′36″W / 39.1737202°N 76.4432935°W / 39.1737202; -76.4432935

Basin	632 sq mi (1,637 km²)

Patapsco River Watershed

The Patapsco River is a 39-mile-long (63 km)^[1] river in central Maryland which flows into Chesapeake Bay. The river's tidal portion forms the harbor for the city of Baltimore. With its South Branch, the Patapsco forms the northern border of Howard County, Maryland.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Water quality
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Geography [link]

The Patapsco proper begins at the confluence of the North and South Branches, near Marriottsville, approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Baltimore. The 19.4-mile-long (31.2 km)^[1] South Branch rises further west at Parrs Spring, where Howard County, Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery counties meet. The North Branch flows 20.9 miles (33.6 km)^[1] southward from its origins in Carroll County. Through most of its length, the Patapsco is a minor river, flowing for the most part through a narrow valley. The last 10 miles (16 km), however, form a large tidal estuary inlet of Chesapeake Bay. The inner part of this estuary provides the harbor of Baltimore, composed of the Northwest Harbor and the Middle Branch. (See Baltimore Inner Harbor.) The Patapsco estuary is south of the Back River and north of the Magothy River.

The Patapsco has a watershed area (including the water surface) of 680 square miles (1,760 km²), or 632 square miles (1,637 km²) of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 7% water.^{[citation needed]}

Patapsco Valley State Park is adjacent to 32 miles (51 km) of the Patapsco and its branches, encompassing a total of 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) in five different areas. The river cuts a gorge 100-200 feet (35-70 m) deep within the park, which features rocky cliffs and tributary waterfalls.

Liberty Dam and its reservoir, located on the North Branch, is a major component of the Baltimore city water system.^[2] Besides Baltimore, the river also flows through Ellicott City (the county seat of Howard County) and Elkridge.

History [link]

On the 1612 John Smith map, it was called the Bolus River. It has never been a major path of commerce since it is not navigable further upstream than Elkridge. However, the Patapsco valley was used as the route of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's original main line west constructed from 1829 onwards, and this route remains, though much altered. Many old railroad bridges lie along the valley, most notably the Thomas Viaduct and the ruins of the Patterson Viaduct. Flour mills and a hydropower dam were formerly powered by the river.

The valley is prone to flooding, though at long intervals. The most recent severe flood occurred in 1972 as a result of rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes, in which Ellicott City and the Old Main Line sustained serious damage.

The Patapsco River featured prominently in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. This is where Francis Scott Key, while aboard a British ship, wrote a poem which would later become the national anthem of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Today, a red, white, and blue buoy marks the spot where the HMS Tonnant was anchored.

Water quality [link]

Jeff Klein and Betsy McMillion, volunteers from the Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc., at a community cleanup of Herbert Run, a tributary of the Patapsco River running through Arbutus, Maryland

The eastern portion of the Patapsco River is in a highly urbanized area and is subject to extensive urban runoff and other forms of water pollution. The Maryland Department of the Environment has identified the Lower North Branch as containing high levels of heavy metals (chromium, arsenic, cadmium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead, selenium, and zinc), as well as phosphorus, fecal coliform bacteria, and PCBs.^[3]

Clean up efforts by the residents of surrounding communities have been lead by environmental nonprofit organizations, such as The Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc. (PHG). From 2006 to 2012, PHG volunteers participating in 183 stream clean ups, removing 264 tons of trash from the streams of the Patapsco Valley watershed.^[4]

References [link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Patapsco Valley State Park

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^ Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management. Towson, MD. "Patapsco River Watershed." 2009-07-13.
^ Maryland Department of the Environment. Baltimore, MD (2009). "Notice of Intent to Establish Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of Sediment: Patapsco River Lower North Branch Watershed."
^ "Protecting the Valley". Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc.. http://www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org/. Retrieved May 24, 2012.

Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile: Patapsco/Back River^{[dead link]}
Patapsco Valley State Park
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Patapsco River

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v t e Waters of Maryland

Bays/Estuaries	Assawoman • Chesapeake • Chincoteague • Eastern • Fishing • Herring • Isle of Wight • Mallows • Newport • Pocomoke • Sinepuxent • Tangier

Rivers	Anacostia • Annemessex (Big) • Annemessex (Little) • Back • Bird • Blackwater • Blackwater (Little) • Bohemia • Bush • Casselman • Chester • Chicamacomico • Choptank • Choptank (Little) • Christina River • Corsica • Elk • Front • Gunpowder • Hawlings • Jones Falls • Magothy • Magothy (Little) • Manokin • Middle • Miles • Monocacy • Monocacy (Little) • Nanticoke • North East • Patapsco • Patuxent • Pocomoke • Port Tobacco • Potomac • Rhode • St. Martin • St. Marys • Sassafras • Savage • Severn • South • Susquehanna • Transquaking • Tred Avon • Warwick • West • Wicomico (Potomac) • Wicomico • Wye • Wye East • Youghiogheny

Creeks/Runs/Streams	Antietam • Alloway • Ballenger • Bear (Patapsco) • Bear (Sideling Hill) • Bear (Youghiogheny) • Bennett • Big Pipe • Bodkin • Bread and Cheese • Broad (Choptank) • Broad (Potomac) • Broad (Susquehanna) • Broad Run • Budds • Cabin John • Carroll • Catoctin • Catoctin (Little) • Chicamuxen • Conococheague • Conococheague (Little) • Conowingo • Cuckold • Curtis • Deep Run • Deer • Dividing • Double Pipe • Dry Seneca • Dueling • Dundee • Evitts • Fifteenmile • Fishing • Flintstone • Frog Mortar • Furnace • Georges • Great Seneca • Greys • Gwynns Falls • Harris • Henson • Herring Run • Honga • Indian (Anacostia) • Indian (Patuxent) • Israel • Laurel Run • Licking • Linganore • Little Falls Branch • Little Pipe • Little Seneca • Lyons • Main • Marley • Marsh • Marshyhope • Mattawoman • Meekins • Middle • Minnehaha Branch • Moores Run • Muddy Branch • Nanjemoy • Nassawango • Northeast Branch Anacostia River • Northwest Branch Anacostia River • Octoraro • Owens • Oxon • Paint Branch • Parsons • Piney • Piscataway • Pomonkey • Rock (Potomac) • Rock Run • Rockburn Branch • Romney • St. Leonard • Saltpeter • Sams Creek • Sellman • Seneca (Middle) • Seneca (Potomac) • Sideling Hill • Slaughter • Sligo • Stony • Swanson • Toms • Tonoloway • Town (Patuxent) • Town (Potomac) • Town (Tred Avon) • Trappe • Tuckahoe • Turville • Tuscarora (Monocacy) • Tuscarora (Potomac) • Tuscarora (Little) • Watts Branch • Wills • Winters Run

Lakes	Artemesia • Centennial • Deep Creek • Elkhorn • Bernard Frank • Jennings Randolph • Kittamaqundi • Little Seneca • Needwood • Quarry Lake • Roland • Youghiogheny

Reservoirs	Dalecarlia • Liberty • Loch Raven • Piney Run • Prettyboy • Rocky Gorge • Triadelphia

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