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West River (Maryland)
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The West River is a 6-mile-long (9.7 km)[1] tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the Rhode River, which is one of its tributaries, and north of Herring Bay.
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These are its named tidal creeks and rivers starting at the southern edge of its mouth and going clockwise: [2] [3]
- Parish Creek
- Lafayette Creek (unofficial name)
- South Creek
- Upper West River/Fords Creek (latter is an unofficial name)
- Johns Creek
- Smith Creek
- Lerch Creek
- Tenthouse Creek & Cox Creek (Cox is a tributary of Tenthouse)
- Popham Creek
- Scaffold Creek
- Cheston Creek
- Rhode River