List of rivers of Maryland facts for kids
Maryland is a state in the United States with many important rivers. These rivers are like natural highways for water, carrying rain and snow from the land all the way to larger bodies of water like the Chesapeake Bay or the Atlantic Ocean. Rivers are super important for many reasons: they provide drinking water, homes for animals and plants, and places for people to enjoy activities like fishing, boating, and swimming.
This list helps us understand where Maryland's rivers flow. We'll look at them by their "drainage basin." Imagine a giant funnel! A drainage basin is like that – it's an area of land where all the rain and snow eventually drain into one main river or bay.
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Rivers by Drainage Basin
Delaware River
The Delaware River basin collects water that eventually flows into the Delaware Bay and then the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
These rivers flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean along Maryland's coast.
- Ayres Creek
- St. Martin River
- Trappe Creek
Chesapeake Bay Eastern Shore
The Eastern Shore of Maryland has many rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay.
- Pocomoke River
- Little Annemessex River
- Big Annemessex River
- Wicomico River
- Nanticoke River
- Transquaking River
- Chicamacomico River
- Blackwater River
- Sassafras River
- Elk River
- Bohemia River
- Big Elk Creek
- North East River
- Principio Creek
Susquehanna River
The Susquehanna River is one of the largest rivers in the eastern United States. It flows through Maryland before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Western Shore
Many important rivers on Maryland's Western Shore also flow into the Chesapeake Bay.
- Swan Creek
- Bush River
- Otter Point Creek
- Bynum Run
- Gunpowder River
- Saltpeter Creek
- Bird River
- Gunpowder Falls
- Western Run
- Little Gunpowder Falls
- Middle River
- Back River
- Patapsco River
- Bodkin Creek
- Stony Creek
- Bear Creek
- Northwest Branch Patapsco River
- Middle Branch Patapsco River
- Magothy River
- Severn River
- South River
- West River
- Patuxent River
- St. Leonard Creek
- Western Branch Patuxent River
- Little Patuxent River
Potomac River
The Potomac River forms part of Maryland's border and is a very important river for the region, eventually flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
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- Bennett Creek
- Linganore Creek
- Big Hunting Creek
- Double Pipe Creek
- Big Pipe Creek
- Little Pipe Creek
- Catoctin Creek
- Antietam Creek
- Conococheague Creek
- Licking Creek
- Fifteenmile Creek
- North Branch Potomac River
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Mississippi River
A very small part of Maryland's water eventually flows into the mighty Mississippi River! This happens through the Youghiogheny River, which joins the Monongahela River, then the Ohio River, and finally the Mississippi.
* Casselman River * Little Youghiogheny River
See also
- List of islands in Maryland
- List of rivers in the United States
