Little Falls (Potomac River)
Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, descending from the harder and older rocks of the Piedmont Plateau to the softer sediments of the Atlantic coastal plain. Situated at the point where Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia meet, it is the first "cataract", or barrier, to navigation encountered on the Potomac River in going upstream. It may be viewed from the heavily-trafficked Chain Bridge, about a half mile downstream. It is named in contradistinction to Great Falls, about 5 miles further upstream.
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Little Falls (Potomac River)
Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, descending from the harder and older rocks of the Piedmont Plateau to the softer sediments of the Atlantic coastal plain. Situated at the point where Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia meet, it is the first "cataract", or barrier, to navigation encountered on the Potomac River in going upstream. It may be viewed from the heavily-trafficked Chain Bridge, about a half mile downstream. It is named in contradistinction to Great Falls, about 5 miles further upstream.
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Little Falls is an area of rap ...... up there, soon followed suit.
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744,899,818
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Border of Arlington County and ...... Maryland and Washington, D.C.
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2015-12-08
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View of the river near Little Falls
from the Chain Bridge
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Little Falls is an area of rap ...... bout 5 miles further upstream.
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Little Falls (Potomac River)
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3.893333333333333e+1
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