Middle River is an estuary in Baltimore County, Maryland, located about 5 miles (8 km) east of the city of Baltimore. The estuary extends from the community of Middle River, north of the Martin Plaza Shopping Center, to the southeast for about 4 miles (6.4 km), to the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of Middle River is 12 square miles (31 km2), and includes Martin State Airport.
Tributaries of Middle River[edit]
Clockwise from the southern edge of its mouth, they are:
- Sue Creek
- Hogpen Creek
- Norman Creek
- Hopkins Creek
- Upper Middle River (no separate name)
- Dark Head Creek; its nontidal portion is Cowpens Run; Martins Lagoon is the upper tidal portion near Martin State Airport (neither of the latter two names are official feature names in GNIS)
- Stansbury Creek
- Frog Mortar Creek
- Galloway Creek
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM). Towson, MD. "Middle River Watershed." Accessed 2009-07-31.
- DEPRM. "Water Quality Management Plan for Middle River Watershed." Executive Summary. March 2001. Includes a watershed map on page 3.
- United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. "Middle River." Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Accessed 2009-07-31.
39°18′14″N 76°24′11″W / 39.304°N 76.403°W