St. Marys River (Maryland)
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| name = St. Marys River
| image = St. Mary's River (21006023454).jpg
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| image_caption = A landscape image of the St. Marys River
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| mouth_location = Potomac River
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Maryland
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = St. Mary's County
| length = {{convert|22.3|mi|km}}
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The St. Marys River (sometimes spelled St. Mary's River) is a {{convert|22.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}{{cite web |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |title=National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data |url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |access-date=August 15, 2011}} river in southern Maryland in the United States. It rises in southern St. Mary's County, and flows to the southeast through Great Mills, widening into a tidal estuary near St. Mary's City, approximately {{convert|2|mi|0}} wide at its mouth on the north bank of the Potomac River, near the Chesapeake Bay to the east.
See also
References
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{{Potomac River System}}
{{Maryland waters}}
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Category:Chesapeake Bay watershed
Category:Tributaries of the Potomac River
Category:Rivers of St. Mary's County, Maryland
Category:St. Mary's City, Maryland
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