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Antietam Creek : ウィキペディア英語版 | Antietam Creek
Antietam Creek is a 〔U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. (The National Map ), accessed August 15, 2011〕 tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley. The creek became famous as a focal point of the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War. ==Geography== The creek is formed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the West and East Branches of Antietam Creek, about south of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Welty's Mill Bridge crosses the East Branch of Little Antietam at Washington Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The stream runs for about upon its entering Washington County, Maryland. The course proceeds southward in a meandering pattern, and the creek empties into the Potomac south of Sharpsburg〔United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. ("Antietam Creek." ) ''Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).'' Accessed 2010-04-27.〕 about upstream of Washington. The watershed area is and includes parts of Franklin County (106 mi2) and Washington County (185 mi2).〔Maryland Department of the Environment. Baltimore, MD (2008). ("Total Maximum Daily Load of Sediment in the Antietam Creek Watershed, Washington County, Maryland." ) 2008-08-11.〕 Major tributaries in Pennsylvania include the East and West Branches, Red Run and Falls Creek. Major tributaries in Maryland include Little Antietam Creek, Beaver Creek, and Marsh Run. Communities in the watershed include Waynesboro in Pennsylvania; and Boonsboro, Funkstown, Hagerstown, Mount Aetna, Sharpsburg and Smithsburg in Maryland.
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