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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: October 11, 2009
Caption: From the Mountains to the Bay
Additional Description: Informational wayside behind the marker.
The Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is part of the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Rainwater falling on these mountains flows into larger and larger rivers, and eventually to the sea. Seneca Creek, on your left, flows into the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River ahead of you at the tree line. This fork joins with other branches for form the Potomac River, which flows to the Chesapeake Bay.
Submitted: October 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p80396
File Size: 1.386 Megabytes

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