Potomac River

Summary

Potomac River is a river^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,080 views/month, #21 of 13,643).^[2]

Key Facts

• Potomac River is located in St. Mary's County^[3].
• Potomac River is located in Charles County^[4].
• Potomac River is located in Northumberland County^[5].
• Potomac River is located in Westmoreland County^[6].
• Potomac River is located in King George County^[7].
• Potomac River is located in Stafford County^[8].
• Potomac River is in the country of United States^[9].
• Potomac River's route map is recorded as Potomacwatershedmap.png^[10].
• Potomac River's image is recorded as GreatFalls3.jpg^[11].
• Potomac River's continent is recorded as North America^[12].
• Potomac River's instance of is recorded as river^[13].
• Potomac River's instance of is recorded as stream^[14].
• Patawomeck is named after Potomac River^[15].
• Potomac River's basin country is recorded as United States^[16].
• Potomac River's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315129144^[17].
• Potomac River's GND ID is recorded as 4233436-6^[18].
• Potomac River's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85105689^[19].
• Potomac River's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16245457f^[20].
• Potomac River's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15358218z^[21].
• Potomac River's IdRef ID is recorded as 087413183^[22].
• Potomac River's Commons category is recorded as Potomac River^[23].
• Potomac River's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2637001^[24].
• Potomac River's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Chesapeake Bay^[25].
• Potomac River's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 597915^[26].
• Potomac River's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.528333333333336, 'lon': -78.58777777777777}^[27].

Body

Geography

Potomac River is in the country of United States^[9]. Located in include St. Mary's County^[3], a county of Maryland^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1637^[30]; Charles County^[4], a county of Maryland^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1658^[33]; Northumberland County^[5], a county of Virginia^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1648^[36]; Westmoreland County^[6], a county of Virginia^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1653^[39]; King George County^[7], a county of Virginia^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1720^[42]; and Stafford County^[8], a county of Virginia^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 1664^[45]. Its continent is recorded as North America^[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include river^[13] and stream^[14].

History and Context

Patawomeck is named after Potomac River^[15].

Why It Matters

Potomac River ranks in the top 0.15% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,080 views/month, #21 of 13,643).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]