The West River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed April 1, 2011 tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the
Rhode River
The Rhode River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River.
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, which is one of its tributaries, and north of
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
The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic ...
.
These are its named tidal creeks and rivers starting at the southern edge of its mouth and going clockwise:
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*Parish Creek
*Lafayette Creek (unofficial name)
*South Creek
*Upper West River/Fords Creek (latter is an unofficial name)
*Johns Creek
*Smith Creek
*Lerch Creek
*Tenthouse Creek & Cox Creek (Cox is a tributary of Tenthouse)
*Popham Creek
*Scaffold Creek
*Cheston Creek
*Rhode River
The Rhode River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River.
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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
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References
External links
West/Rhode Riverkeeper web siteMaryland DNR Surf your watershed, Rhode & West
Rivers of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
Rivers of Maryland
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