Back River (Maryland)
| Back River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| City | Essex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Rosedale |
| • coordinates | 39°18′27″N 76°31′10″W / 39.3076074°N 76.519408°W |
| Mouth | Chesapeake Bay |
• location | Edgemere |
• coordinates | 39°14′37″N 76°24′01″W / 39.2437193°N 76.4002369°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 9 mi (14 km) |
| Basin size | 61 sq mi (160 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Moore's Run, Northeast Creek, Deep Creek |
| • right | Herring Run, Bread and Cheese Creek |
Back River is a
Edgemere, MD
Water quality
Back River is in a highly
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: 81–90
Tributaries
The Back River watershed consists of 73 miles (117 km) of streams in Baltimore County and Baltimore City.[6]
- Armistead Run
- Biddison Run
- Bread and Cheese Creek
- Brien’s Run
- Chinquapin Run
- Deep Creek
- Duck Creek
- Herring Run
- Moore’s Run
- Northeast Creek
- Redhouse Run
- Stemmers Run
- Tiffany Run
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). Baltimore, MD (2005). "Total Maximum Daily Loads of Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Back River in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland." Archived 2011-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MDE (1999). "Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Documentation for Chlordane in Back River." Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ MDE (2007). "Total Maximum Daily Loads of Fecal Bacteria for the Herring Run Basin in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland." Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management (DEPRM), Towson, MD (2010). "Tidal Back River Small Watershed Action Plan." February 2010.
- ^ DEPRM. "Back River Watershed." 2010-06-03.
- United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. "Back River." Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Accessed 2009-08-28.