Potomac River
The Potomac River is in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the mid-Atlantic United States
- Also known as: “Bathommek River”, “Betomek”, “Brooke of Chesapeak”, “Cahongarooton”, “Cheneoow-quoquey”, “Co-hon-go-roo-ta River”, “Co-hon-go-ru-ta River”, “Cohongaroota River”, “Cohongarooto River”, “Cohongarouton River”, “Cohongo River”, “Cohongoluta River”, “Cohongoronta River”, “Cohongoronto River”, “Cohongoroota River”, “Cohongorooto River”, “Cohongoruton River”, “Elisabeth River”, “Elizabeth River”, “Goose River”, “Kahongoronton River”, “Maryland River”, “Namaughton River”, “Nameroughquena River”, “Pataromerke River”, “Patawmack River”, “Patawmeck River”, “Patawomeck”, “Patawomeck River”, “Patawomecke”, “Patawomecke River”, “Patawomek River”, “Patawomeke River”, “Pathamook River”, “Patomack River”, “Patomacke River”, “Patomak River”, “Patomake River”, “Patomeck River”, “Patomecke River”, “Patomeke River”, “Patomic River”, “Patomoack Creek”, “Patomoak River”, “Patoumak River”, “Patowmac River”, “Patowmack River”, “Patowmacke River”, “Patowmec”, “Patowmec River”, “Patowmeck”, “Patowmeck Flu”, “Patowmeck River”, “Patowmecke River”, “Patowomeck River”, “Patowomek River”, “Pattawomecke River”, “Pawtomack River”, “Pittomack”, “Pokomoach River”, “Potamack River”, “Potamak River”, “Potawmack River”, “Potomach River”, “Potomack River”, “Potomacke River”, “Potomak River”, “Potomeack River”, “Potomock River”, “Potomoke River”, “Potomuck River”, “Potomucke River”, “Potowamck River”, “Potowmac River”, “Potowmack River”, “Potowmak River”, “Potowmock River”, “Potowomek River”, “Pottomeek River”, “Pottomock River”, “Powtowmac River”, “Powtowmack River”, “Quattaro”, “Qui-o-riough River”, “Quiriough River”, “River Petomack”, “River Potowmack”, “Riviere de Coturki”, “Saint Gregories River”, “Saint Gregory River”, “San Pedro River”, “Satawomeck”, “Turkey Bussard River”, “Turkey Buzzard River”, and “Wappacomma River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ophelia and Kayan.
Ophelia
Hamlet
Ophelia is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Ophelia is situated 2½ miles southwest of Potomac River.
Kayan
Hamlet
Kayan is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Kayan is situated 3½ miles south of Potomac River.
Sunnybank
Hamlet
Sunnybank is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Sunnybank is situated 3½ miles south of Potomac River.
Potomac River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Saint Mary’s County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Potomac River” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ፖቶማክ ወንዝ”
- Arabic: “نهر بوتماك”
- Arabic: “نهر بوتوماك”
- Armenian: “Պոտոմակ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Potomac”
- Azerbaijani: “Potomak çayı”
- Azerbaijani: “Potomak”
- Bashkir: “Потомак”
- Basque: “Potomac ibaia”
- Basque: “Potomac”
- Belarusian: “Патамак”
- Belarusian: “Патомак”
- Bengali: “পোটোম্যাক নদী”
- Breton: “Potomac”
- Bulgarian: “Потомак”
- Catalan: “Potomac”
- Catalan: “riu Potomac”
- Cebuano: “Potomac River”
- Chinese: “波多馬克河”
- Chinese: “波多马克河”
- Chinese: “波托马克河”
- Chuvash: “Потомак”
- Cornish: “Potomac”
- Croatian: “Potomac”
- Czech: “Potomac River”
- Czech: “Potomac”
- Danish: “Potomac-floden”
- Danish: “Potomacfloden”
- Dutch: “Potomac River”
- Dutch: “Potomac”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوتوماك”
- Esperanto: “Potomac”
- Esperanto: “Potomaka Rivero”
- Esperanto: “Potomako”
- Estonian: “Potomac”
- Finnish: “Potomac”
- French: “Fleuve Potomac”
- French: “Potomac”
- Galician: “Río Potomac”
- Georgian: “პოტომაკი”
- German: “Potomac River”
- Greek: “ποταμός Ποτόμακ”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Ποτόμακ”
- Hebrew: “הפוטומק”
- Hebrew: “נהר הפוטומאק”
- Hebrew: “נהר הפוטומק”
- Hebrew: “פוטומאק”
- Hebrew: “פוטומק”
- Hindi: “पटोमक नदी”
- Hungarian: “Potomac”
- Ido: “Potomac”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Patawmeck”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Patawomeck”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Potomac”
- Igbo: “Osimiri Potowmeck”
- Inari Sami: “Potomac”
- Inari Sami: “Potomacjuuhâ”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Potomac”
- Irish: “Abhainn an Potomac”
- Irish: “Potomac”
- Italian: “Fiume Potomac”
- Italian: “Potomac”
- Japanese: “ポトマック川”
- Kirghiz: “Потомак”
- Korean: “포토맥강”
- Latin: “Flumen Potomac”
- Latin: “Fluvius Potomacus”
- Latvian: “Potomaka”
- Lithuanian: “Potomakas”
- Malay: “Sungai Potomac”
- Marathi: “पोटॉमॅक नदी”
- Mingrelian: “პოტომაკი”
- Moroccan Arabic: “واد پوتوماك”
- Northern Sami: “Potomac”
- Northern Sami: “Potomacjohka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomac River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomac-elven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomac”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomacelva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Potomacelven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Potomac”
- Norwegian: “Potomac”
- Nyanja: “Mtsinje wa Potomac”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Potomac”
- Ossetian: “Потомак”
- Persian: “رود پوتوماک”
- Persian: “رودخانه پوتوماک”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ پوتوماک”
- Piemontese: “Potomac (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Potomac”
- Polish: “Potomak”
- Portuguese: “Rio Potomac”
- Romanian: “Fluviul Potomac”
- Romanian: “Potomac River”
- Romanian: “Râul Potomac”
- Russian: “Потомак (река)”
- Russian: “Потомак”
- Scots: “Potomac River”
- Serbian: “Потомак”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Potomac”
- Skolt Sami: “Potomac”
- Skolt Sami: “Potomacjokk”
- Slovenian: “Potomac River”
- Slovenian: “Potomac”
- Slovenian: “reka Potomac”
- South Azerbaijani: “پوتوماک چایی”
- Spanish: “Potomac”
- Spanish: “rio Potomac”
- Spanish: “río Potomac”
- Spanish: “Río Potomac”
- Swahili: “Mto Potomac”
- Swedish: “Potomac-floden”
- Swedish: “Potomac”
- Swedish: “Potomacfloden”
- Tamil: “பொட்டாமக் ஆறு”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโพโทแมก”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำโพโทแม็ค”
- Turkish: “Potomac Irmağı”
- Turkish: “Potomac Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Потомак”
- Urdu: “دریائے پوٹومیک”
- Uzbek: “Potomac”
- Venetian: “Potomac”
- Vietnamese: “sông Potomac”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Potomac”
- Welsh: “Afon Potomac”
- Western Frisian: “Potomac”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ پوٹومک”
- Wu Chinese: “波托马克河”
- Yue Chinese: “波多馬克河”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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