RIVERS
![[photo, Boat house on Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/37mun/havre/images/1198-1-1093.jpg)
Maryland's riverine system is a complex network of branches, and tributaries, some of which are known both as rivers and creeks. Most rivers in Maryland run into Chesapeake Bay.
At the State level, the Department of the Environment seeks to protect Maryland waterways, including rivers, and the Scenic and Wild Rivers Program is overseen by the State Forest and Park Service of the Department of Natural Resources. In addition, county government units, such as Anne Arundel County's Severn River Commission also provide oversight.
Boat house on Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
- Anacostia River
- Antietam River
- Avon River
- Back River
- Back Wye River
- Big Annemessex River
- Big Patuxent River
- Bird River
- Blackwater River
- Bohemia River
- Bush River
- Casselman River
- Chester River
- Chicamacomico River
- Choptank River
- Corsica River
- Eastern Branch River (part of Anacostia)
- Elk River
- Front Wye River
- Gunpowder River
- Hawlings River
- Honga River
- Hudson River (Little Choptank)
- Little Annemessex River
- Little Blackwater River
- Little Choptank River
- Little Magothy River
- Little Monocacy River
- Little Patuxent River
- Little Savage River
- Little Youghiogheny River
![[photo, Patuxent River with Solomons Island Bridge in distance (from St. Mary's County), Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/sm/images/i004555b.jpg)
- Magothy River
- Manokin River
- Middle River
- Middle Patuxent River
- Miles River
- Monocacy River
- Nanticoke River
- North Branch Patapsco River
- North Branch Potomac River
- North River (branch of South River)
- Northeast River
Patuxent River with Solomons Island Bridge in distance (from St. Mary's County), Maryland, May 2000. Solomons Island Bridge links Calvert and St. Mary's counties in southern Maryland. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Fishermen on Potomac River, Point of Rocks, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/01glance/images/1198-1-563b.jpg)
- Patapsco River
- Patuxent River
- Port Tobacco River
- Pocomoke River
- Potomac River
- Rhode River
- St. George River
- St. Martin River
- St. Mary's River
Fishermen on Potomac River, Point of Rocks, Maryland, October 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
![[photo, Sassafras River at Georgetown, Kent County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/ke/images/5458-7-025.jpg)
Sassafras River at Georgetown, Kent County, Maryland, April 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Maryland Manual On-Line, 2008
June 30, 2008
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