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Place Name
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Elk River
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Cecil County, Maryland (MD), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°33'N
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Longitude
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78°22'W
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Elk River
, estuary, Cecil co., NE Md., NE arm of Chesapeake Bay;
41°33'N 78°22'W. One of northernmost extensions of bay,
c.15 mi/24 km long,
2 mi/3.2 km wide, separated from bay by Elk
Neck peninsula; Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, part of
Intracoastal Waterway, enters estuary from E (connects Chesapeake
and Delaware bays across base of Delamarva Peninsula.); estuary fed
from N by Big Elk Creek (c.25 mi/40 km long)
and Little Elk Creek (c.20 mi/32 km long),
both rise in SW Chester co., Pa., and both share common mouth at
Elkton, at head of estuary.
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