Editing Potomac River (section)

===North Branch Potomac River===
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[[File:North Branch Potomac River Cumberland.jpg|thumb|left|The North Branch between [[Cumberland, Maryland]], and [[Ridgeley, West Virginia]], in 2007]]
The source of the North Branch Potomac River is at the [[Fairfax Stone]] located at the junction of [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant]], [[Tucker County, West Virginia|Tucker]] and [[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston]] counties in West Virginia. From the Fairfax Stone, the North Branch Potomac River flows {{cvt|27|mi|km}} to the man-made [[Jennings Randolph Lake]], an [[Reservoir|impoundment]] designed for flood control and emergency water supply. Below the dam, the North Branch cuts a serpentine path through the eastern Allegheny Mountains. First, it flows northeast by the communities of [[Bloomington, Maryland|Bloomington]], [[Luke, Maryland|Luke]], and [[Westernport, Maryland|Westernport]] in Maryland and then on by [[Keyser, West Virginia|Keyser]], West Virginia to [[Cumberland, Maryland|Cumberland]], Maryland. At Cumberland, the river turns southeast. {{convert|103|mi}} downstream from its source,<ref name=NHD/> the North Branch is joined by the South Branch between [[Green Spring, West Virginia|Green Spring]] and [[South Branch Depot, West Virginia|South Branch Depot]], West Virginia from whence it flows past [[Hancock, Maryland|Hancock]], Maryland and turns southeast once more on its way toward [[Washington, D.C.]], and the [[Chesapeake Bay]].