West River (Maryland)

The West River is a 6-mile-long (9.7 km)^[1] tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the Rhode River, which is one of its tributaries, and north of Herring Bay.

Aerial view of the West River

These are its named tidal creeks and rivers starting at the southern edge of its mouth and going clockwise: ^{[2] [3]}

• Parish Creek
• Lafayette Creek (unofficial name)
• South Creek
• Upper West River/Fords Creek (latter is an unofficial name)
• Johns Creek
• Smith Creek
• Lerch Creek
• Tenthouse Creek & Cox Creek (Cox is a tributary of Tenthouse)
• Popham Creek
• Scaffold Creek
• Cheston Creek
• Rhode River

See also

• List of Maryland rivers