List of
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater
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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 Poi ...
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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
Deep or The Deep may refer to:
Places United States
* Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia
* Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah
* Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania
* Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), ...
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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
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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. ...
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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
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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
Oxon Creek is a stream on the Potomac River which feeds a cove that straddles the border between Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland just north of Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) at Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Oxon Creek heads ...
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Oxon Run
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Pinehurst Branch
Pinehurst Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
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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 Park ...
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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), Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Datas ...
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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
Boundary Channel is a channel off the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The channel begins at the northwestern tip of Columbia Island extends southward between Columbia Island and the Virginia shoreline. It curves around the southern tip of Col ...
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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, wh ...
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Washington Channel
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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) Can ...
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Rivers
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wat ...
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District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...