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Potomac River, South Branch (Va.-W. Va.)


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    • Potowmac River, South Beach (Va.-W. Va.)
    • South Branch, Potomac River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • South Branch, Potowmac River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • South Fork, Potomac River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • Wapacomo River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • Wapocomo River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • Wappacoma River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • Wappatomaka River (Va.-W. Va.)
    • Wappatomica River (Va.-W. Va.)
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    • found: Work cat.: Kuykendall-Weber, Mary. River roots:ECIP summary (South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia) Chapter 1 (South Branch of the Potomac River)
    • found: GNIS, Feb. 20, 2009:(South Branch, Potomac River, stream, runs through Hampshire County, W. Va., Alleghany County, Md., Hardy, Grant and Pendleton Counties, W. Va., and Highland County, Va.; 39ʻ31'42"N, 78ʻ35"15'W mouth, 38ʻ25'30N, 79ʻ36'30"W, source; variant names: South Branch of Potowmac River, South Branch of the Potowmack River, South Fork Potomac River, Wapacomo River, Wapocomo River, Wappacoma River, Wappatomaka River, Wappatomica)
    • found: Wikipedia, Feb. 20, 2009:(South Branch Potomac; headwaters; Highland County, Va. near Hightown along the eastern edge of the Allegheny Front; mouth of the South Branch lies east of Green Spring in Hampshire County, W. Va., where it meets the North Branch Potomac River to form the Potomac); variant names: Wappatomica River, Wappatomaka)
    • found: Stanton, Richard L., Potomac journey, c1993:p. 14 (mouth of the South Branch, east of Cumberland)
    • found: Random-McNally encyclopedia of world rivers, c1980:p. 301 (North and South branches; join 15 miles (24 km. below Cumberland, Md.)
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