Big Annemessex River Explained

Big Annemessex River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Maryland
Source1 Location:Kingston, Maryland, United States
Mouth Coordinates:38.0482°N -75.8735°W
Mouth Elevation:0feet
Basin Size:34.6sqmi
Tributaries Left:Hall Creek, Holland Creek
Tributaries Right:Acre Creek, Jones Creek, Coulbourn Creek, Gales Creek, Annemessex Creek

The Big Annemessex River is a 15.4adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the Delmarva Peninsula.[2] It rises in Kingston, Somerset County, Maryland, and flows roughly southwest about 6miles in a meandering pattern, then widens into an estuary and continues about 9miles to the bay, near Janes Island State Park. Tributaries include Annemessex Creek, Holland Creek, Hall Creek, Muddy Creek, Colbourn Creek, Jones Creek and Daugherty Creek.

The river is spanned once by River Road, a residential county road far from any population center. The Annemessex Creek upstream, however, is spanned by Maryland Route 413.

There is also a Little Annemessex River; the city of Crisfield rests upon its shores.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Web site: Maryland Department of Natural Resources . . 2000 . Maryland's Surf Your Watershed - Watershed Profile: Big Annemessex River. . PDF . 2010-03-04 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616003234/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/watersheds/surf/prof/pdf/02130207_wp.pdf . 2011-06-16 .