The Big Annemessex River is a 15.4-mile-long (24.8 km)[1] tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula.[2] It rises in Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland, and flows roughly southwest about 6 miles (10 km) in a meandering pattern, then widens into an estuary and continues about 9 miles (14 km) to the bay, near Janes Island State Park. Tributaries include Annemessex Creek, Holland Creek, Hall Creek, Muddy Creek, Colbourn Creek, Jones Creek and Daugherty Creek.
| Big Annemessex River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Kingston, Maryland, United States |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 38°02′53″N 75°52′25″W / 38.0481792°N 75.8735434°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Basin size | 34.6 sq mi (90 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Hall Creek, Holland Creek |
| • right | Acre Creek, Jones Creek, Coulbourn Creek, Gales Creek, Annemessex Creek |
The river is spanned once by River Road, a residential county road far from any population center. The Annemessex Creek upstream, however, is spanned by Maryland Route 413.
There is also a Little Annemessex River; the city of Crisfield rests upon its shores.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ Maryland Department of Natural Resources (2000). "Maryland's Surf Your Watershed - Watershed Profile: Big Annemessex River" (PDF). Annapolis, Maryland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-04.