What is Patuxent River?
[[File:Patuxent.River.jpg|right|200px]] The '''Patuxent River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Chesapeake Bay]] in the state of [[Maryland]]. There are three main river drainages for central Maryland: the [[Potomac River]] to the west passing through [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[Patapsco River]] to the northeast passing through Baltimore, and the Patuxent River between the two. The {{convert|908|sqmi|km2|0|adj=on}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250075520_Integrated_Ecological_Economic_Modeling_of_the_Patuxent_River_Watershed_Maryland |title=Integrated Ecological Economic Modeling of the Patuxent River Watershed, Maryland |pages= 203-231 |author= Costanza, Robert |display-authors = etal |date=2002-05-01 |publisher=Ecological Monographs |access-date=2018-08-27 }}</ref> Patuxent [[drainage basin|watershed]] had a rapidly growing population of 590,769 in 2000. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Maryland]] {{US-geo-stub}}