Miles River

River in Maryland, United States of America

Miles River

Miles River at Newcomb in June 2008.

Etymology| Saint Michael
Location
Country| United States of America
State| Maryland
Region| Talbot County
Municipality| Newcomb
Physical characteristics
Length| 12.9 mi (20.8 km)
Basin size| 54 sq mi (140 km2)

The Miles River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km)[1] tidal river in Talbot County, Maryland. It is a tributary of the Eastern Bay and is thus part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

## Etymology[edit]

Miles River was originally called the St. Michaels River; it derives its name from Saint Michael, the patron saint of Colonial Maryland.[2]

## Geography[edit]

Its watershed area is 54 square miles (140 km2), of which 12 square miles (31 km2) is open water, so it is 22% water. The predominant land use is agricultural with 22 square miles (57 km2), or 52% of the land area.

## References[edit]

1. ^ 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
2. ^ Harrison, Samuel Alexander (1915). History of Talbot County, Maryland, 1661-1861. Williams & Wilkins. p. 316.

## External links[edit]

* Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile: Miles River

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Waters of Maryland

Bays/Estuaries|

* Assawoman
* Chesapeake
* Chincoteague
* Curtis Bay
* Eastern
* Fishing
* Herring
* Isle of Wight
* Mallows
* Newport
* Pocomoke
* Sinepuxent
* Tangier

Rivers|

* Anacostia
* Annemessex (Big)
* Annemessex (Little)
* Back
* Bird
* Blackwater
* Blackwater (Little)
* Bohemia
* Bush
* Casselman
* Chester
* Chicamacomico
* Choptank
* Choptank (Little)
* Christina
* Corsica
* Elk
* Front
* Gunpowder
* Hawlings
* Jones Falls
* Magothy
* Magothy (Little)
* Manokin
* Middle
* Miles
* Monocacy
* Monocacy (Little)
* Nanticoke
* North
* North East
* Patapsco
* Patuxent
* Pocomoke
* Port Tobacco
* Potomac
* Rhode
* St. Martin
* St. Marys
* Sassafras
* Savage
* Severn
* South
* Susquehanna
* Transquaking
* Tred Avon
* Warwick
* West
* Wicomico (Potomac)
* Wicomico
* Wye
* Wye East
* Youghiogheny

Creeks,
runs,
streams|

* Antietam
* Alloway
* Arundel Cove
* Ballenger
* Bear (Patapsco)
* Bear (Sideling Hill)
* Bear (Youghiogheny)
* Beaverdam
* Bennett
* Big Hunting
* Big Pipe
* Bodkin
* Bonnie Branch
* Bread and Cheese
* Broad (Choptank)
* Broad (Potomac)
* Broad (Susquehanna)
* Broad Run
* Budds
* Bush
* Cabin John
* Carroll
* Catoctin
* Catoctin (Little)
* Chicamuxen
* Collington Branch
* Conococheague
* Conococheague (Little)
* Conowingo
* Cuckold
* Curtis
* Deep Run
* Deer
* Dividing
* Dorsey Run
* Double Pipe
* Dry Seneca
* Dueling
* Dundee
* Evitts
* Fifteenmile
* Fishing
* Flintstone
* Frog Mortar
* Furnace
* Georges
* Great Seneca
* Green Branch
* Greys
* Gwynns Falls
* Harris
* Henson
* Herbert Run
* Herring Run
* Honga
* Hunting (Little)
* Indian (Anacostia)
* Indian (Patuxent)
* Israel
* Laurel Run
* Licking
* Linganore
* Little Falls
* Little Falls Branch
* Little Pipe
* Little Seneca
* Lyons
* Main
* Marley
* Marsh
* Marshyhope
* Mattawoman
* Meekins
* Middle
* Mill Branch
* Minnehaha Branch
* Moores Run
* Muddy Branch
* Nanjemoy
* Nassawango
* Northeast Branch Anacostia River
* Northwest Branch Anacostia River
* Octoraro
* Owens
* Otter Point
* Oxon
* Paint Branch
* Parsons
* Piney
* Piscataway
* Plumtree Branch
* Pomonkey
* Principio
* Rock (Potomac)
* Rock Run
* Rockburn Branch
* Roland Run
* Romney
* St. Leonard
* Saltpeter
* Sams
* Sellman
* Seneca (Middle)
* Seneca (Potomac)
* Sideling Hill
* Slaughter
* Sligo
* Soapstone Branch
* Stony
* Stony Run
* Swanson
* Tenmile Creek
* Thoms Cove
* Toms
* Tonoloway
* Town (Patuxent)
* Town (Potomac)
* Town (Tred Avon)
* Towson Run
* Trappe
* Tuckahoe
* Turville
* Tuscarora (Monocacy)
* Tuscarora (Potomac)
* Tuscarora (Little)
* Watts Branch
* Western Run
* Wills
* Winters Run

Lakes|

* Allen Pond
* Artemesia
* Buckel's Bog
* Centennial
* Deep Creek
* Elkhorn
* Bernard Frank
* Jennings Randolph
* Kittamaqundi
* Little Seneca
* Needwood
* Quarry Lake
* Roland
* Schumaker Pond
* Woodward Pond
* Youghiogheny

Reservoirs|

* Dalecarlia
* Habeeb
* Liberty
* Loch Raven
* Piney Run
* Prettyboy
* Rocky Gorge
* Triadelphia

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