Potomac River, North Branch (W. Va. and Md.)
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Name (Latin)
Potomac River, North Branch (W. Va. and Md.)
Other forms of name
North Branch, Potomac River (W. Va. and Md.)
Coordinates
-79.4892197 -79.4892197 39.1951073 39.1951073 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Maryland
Rivers West Virginia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q14006686
Library of congress:
sh2008007801
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: A survey of the north branch of the Potomac from its source, ca. 1820.
- GNIS, 6 Oct., 2008(North Branch Potomac River, stream, mouth 39°31ʹ42ʺN 78°35ʹ15ʺW, source 39°11ʹ42ʺN 79°29ʹ21ʺW; Heads at Fairfax Stone in West Virginia just south of the West Virginia-Maryland state boundary on Backbone Mountain, trends northeast to join South Branch Potomac River to form Potomac River; flows in both Maryland and West Virginia; variant names: Cohongoronton [also variant for Potomac River]; Kahun-gulta [also variant for Potomac River]; North Branch; North Branch Potomac River)