79:. The source of the sediment is erosion from construction, storm water runoff carrying lawn chemicals such as excess fertilizer, and pet waste runoff from lawns. Increased amount of runoff causes water to flow at a faster rate, which erodes stream banks and increases sediment in the water.
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71:Environmental concerns
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192:. 1952. p. 29.
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1488:38°56′46.6″N
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1420:Youghiogheny
1380:Kittamaqundi
1350:Buckel's Bog
1309:Watts Branch
1114:Paint Branch
1069:Muddy Branch
994:Little Falls
929:Gwynns Falls
919:Green Branch
914:Great Seneca
689:Arundel Cove
659:Youghiogheny
619:Transquaking
569:Port Tobacco
331:Chincoteague
252:. Retrieved
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223:. Retrieved
219:the original
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136:. Retrieved
132:the original
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92:American eel
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29:Green Branch
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1471:Triadelphia
1466:Rocky Gorge
1405:Parker Pond
1395:Quarry Lake
1324:Winters Run
1314:Western Run
1174:St. Leonard
1104:Otter Point
1054:Mill Branch
1004:Little Pipe
949:Herring Run
944:Herbert Run
899:Frog Mortar
884:Fifteenmile
854:Double Pipe
724:Big Hunting
614:Susquehanna
499:Jones Falls
1518:Categories
1451:Loch Raven
1436:Dalecarlia
1429:Reservoirs
1360:Deep Creek
1355:Centennial
1340:Allen Pond
1274:Towson Run
1244:Thoms Cove
1164:Roland Run
1129:Piscataway
1079:Nassawango
1064:Moores Run
1039:Mattawoman
1034:Marshyhope
979:Laurel Run
894:Flintstone
874:Edge Creek
859:Dry Seneca
849:Dorsey Run
799:Chicamuxen
779:Cabin John
584:St. Martin
549:North East
424:Blackwater
376:Sinepuxent
336:Curtis Bay
326:Chesapeake
110:References
1461:Prettyboy
1456:Piney Run
1345:Artemesia
1254:Tonoloway
1229:Stony Run
1209:Slaughter
1179:Saltpeter
1144:Principio
989:Linganore
819:Conowingo
764:Broad Run
714:Beaverdam
694:Ballenger
624:Tred Avon
594:Sassafras
589:St. Marys
539:Nanticoke
489:Gunpowder
469:Christina
444:Casselman
399:Anacostia
321:Assawoman
254:2 January
225:2 January
166:2 January
138:2 January
1390:Needwood
1289:Turville
1284:Tuckahoe
1154:Rock Run
1139:Pomonkey
1094:Octoraro
1074:Nanjemoy
844:Dividing
834:Deep Run
789:Catoctin
729:Big Pipe
679:Antietam
668:Creeks,
654:Wye East
644:Wicomico
564:Pocomoke
559:Patuxent
554:Patapsco
529:Monocacy
494:Hawlings
459:Choptank
371:Pocomoke
267:See also
1446:Liberty
1365:Elkhorn
1234:Swanson
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984:Licking
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889:Fishing
864:Dueling
824:Cuckold
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684:Alloway
672:streams
629:Warwick
574:Potomac
514:Manokin
504:Magothy
474:Corsica
449:Chester
434:Bohemia
381:Tangier
366:Newport
361:Mallows
351:Herring
346:Fishing
341:Eastern
88:alewife
84:herring
63:within
31:of the
1441:Habeeb
1400:Roland
1279:Trappe
1169:Romney
1049:Middle
1024:Marley
974:Israel
939:Henson
934:Harris
879:Evitts
869:Dundee
829:Curtis
734:Bodkin
604:Severn
599:Savage
519:Middle
391:Rivers
90:, and
1333:Lakes
1319:Wills
1224:Stony
1214:Sligo
1124:Piney
1099:Owens
1029:Marsh
1014:Lyons
954:Honga
924:Greys
769:Budds
670:runs,
609:South
579:Rhode
544:North
524:Miles
484:Front
244:(PDF)
157:(PDF)
1249:Toms
1184:Sams
1109:Oxon
1019:Main
839:Deer
774:Bush
634:West
439:Bush
419:Bird
414:Back
256:2014
227:2014
168:2014
140:2014
102:and
27:The
649:Wye
479:Elk
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