The Potomac River brings together a variety of cultures throughout the watershed from the coal miners of upstream West Virginia to the urban residents of the nation's capital and, along the lower Potomac, the watermen of Virginia's Northern Neck.

Potomac River, river in the east central United States, rising in North and South branches in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. The two branches (95 miles [150 km] and 130 miles long [209 km], respectively) flow generally northeast and unite southeast of Cumberland, Maryland, to …

1 day ago · The mangled wreckage in the Potomac River is making the recovery effort particularly difficult for the dive teams, who have had trouble accessing parts of the plane’s fuselage.

Dec 7, 2022 · The Potomac River is a river in the Mid-Atlantic United States and the southern tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. The 652 kilometer-long river originates on the Allegheny Mountain in West Virginia and drains approximately 38,000 square kilometers.

1 day ago · Video shows aircraft wreckage in Potomac River as the sun rises near Washington, DC, after the collision between an American Airlines jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. Emergency authorities ...

1 day ago · A search and rescue helicopter searches the water of the Potomac River after a plane on approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river, seen from Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 29, 2025.

1 day ago · Near Reagan National Airport, one of the busiest and most tightly regulated airspaces, that means flying below an altitude of 200 feet and along the east edge of the Potomac River, according to ...

After decades of decline, the Potomac River is on its way to recovery. The Potomac Conservancy has given the river increasingly higher marks since 2011, saying it’s the only major Chesapeake Bay tributary to achieve short- and long-term nutrient reductions in its headwaters.

The Potomac River begins at a spring in the northeastern corner of Tucker County. The spring is the site of a small monolith, a replica of the first Fairfax Stone that once marked the boundary of the land grant to the sixth Lord Fairfax, which ran to the farthest headwaters of the Potomac.

The Potomac River (/ p ə ˈ t oʊ m ə k / ⓘ) is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.