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  2. Prettyboy Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    518 ft (158 m) [3] Prettyboy Reservoir is a 1,500-acre (610 ha) reservoir in the Hereford Zone of northern Baltimore County, Maryland. While the reservoir is in Baltimore County, the independent city of Baltimore owns the reservoir and the surrounding land. The reservoir is one of three reservoirs created to supply the municipal water system ...

  3. Loch Raven Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    23 billion US gallons (0.087 km 3) Surface elevation. 240 ft (73 m) [2] References. [1] The Loch Raven Reservoir is a reservoir that provides drinking water for the City of Baltimore and most of Baltimore County, Maryland. It is fed by the Big Gunpowder Falls river, and has a capacity of 23 billion US gallons (87,000,000 m 3) of water.

  4. Essex, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Area code (s) 410, 443, 667. FIPS code. 24-26600. GNIS feature ID. 0590171. Essex is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Essex history dates back to 1909. The population was 40,505 in the 2020 census, up from 39,262 in the 2010 census.

  5. Category : Bodies of water of Baltimore County, Maryland

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    Pages in category "Bodies of water of Baltimore County, Maryland". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

  6. List of dams and reservoirs in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Jennings Randolph Lake. Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Maryland.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).

  7. Port of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is a shipping port along the tidal basins of the three branches of the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, on the upper northwest shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the nation's largest port facility for specialized cargo (roll-on/roll-off ships) and passenger facilities.

  8. Gwynns Falls - Wikipedia

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    Gwynns Falls. Coordinates: 39°16′42″N 76°39′40″W. Gwynn Falls flowing under the Carrollton Viaduct. Gwynns Falls is a 24.9-mile-long (40.1 km) [1] stream located in Baltimore County and Baltimore City, Maryland. Its headwaters are located in Reisterstown in Baltimore County, and the stream flows southeast, entering the city of ...

  9. Baltimore County, Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Baltimore County (/ ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr / BAWL-tim-or, locally: / bɔːldəˈmɔːr / bawl-da-MOR or / ˈbɔːlmər / BAWL-mər[1]) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County partly surrounds but does not include the independent city of Baltimore.