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Dogue Creek
River in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
38.7099°N 77.1328°W / 38.7099; -77.1328
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Dogue Creek | |
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![]() Dogue Creek in the Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Location | Fairfax County, Virginia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Potomac River |
• elevation | 0 feet (0 m) |
Length | 8.5 miles (13.7 km) |
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Dogue Creek is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km)[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Tauxenent Indigenous Native American People also known as Doeg people. The lower 3 miles (5 km) of the creek form a tidal embayment of the Potomac to the east of Fort Belvoir.