The
Patuxent River is a
tributary of the
Chesapeake Bay in the state of
Maryland. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the
Potomac River to the west passing through
Washington, D.C., the
Patapsco River to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two. The 937-square-mile (2,427 km2) Patuxent watershed had a rapidly growing population of 590,769 in 2000. It is the largest and longest river entirely within Maryland, and its watershed is the largest completely within the state.
