A STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL HYDROGRAPHY OF THE PATUXENT RIVER AND ITS ESTUARY.

Abstract

The Patuxent River has the largest drainage basin in the State of Maryland. The estuary of the Patuxent is tributary to the Chesapeake Bay which itself is an estuary. A distinguishing feature of the Patuxent Estuary is its intermittent transition from a two-layer flow system to a three-layer flow system, a transition which occurs most often in the month of April. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0689143

Entities

People

  • Wadsworth Owen

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bays
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Drainage Basins
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Hydrography
  • Landforms
  • Maryland
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.