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  2. Geography of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Washington, D.C. as seen from space in 2020 Aerial view, 3D computer generated image of Washington, D.C. The topography of Washington, D.C. is highly similar to the physical geography of much of Maryland. The city has three significant natural flowing bodies of water: the Potomac River and two tributaries, the Anacostia River and Rock Creek.

  3. Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia

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    Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...

  4. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Wikipedia

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    Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden: cards for Yoko Ono's 2007 Wish Tree for Washington, DC. Richard Koshalek (born 1942) was president of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, from 1999 until January 2009. Before that, he served as director of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for nearly 20 years. At both institutions, he ...

  5. Outline of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Washington, D.C., legally named the District of Columbia, in the United States of America, was founded on July 16, 1790, after the inauguration of City of Washington, the new capital of the country.

  6. File:Washington, D.C. locator map.svg - Wikipedia

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    Original upload log. This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:USA_Counties.svg licensed with PD-USGov-DOC-Census . 2007-12-23T15:47:48Z Lokal Profil 555x352 (2124572 Bytes) Fixed state borders and fixed the two parts of Fulton County (Kentucky)

  7. List of state-named roadways in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Prior to this, Potomac Avenue in Southeast Washington was called Georgia Avenue. 5 miles (8.0 km) Hawaii Avenue NE: Residential street in Fort Totten. Runs from North Capitol Street to Taylor Street NE along the athletic fields at The Catholic University of America. One of four state-named roadways that does not connect to another state-named ...

  8. U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Route 29 (US 29) enters Washington, D.C., via the Key Bridge from Arlington County, Virginia, and exits at Silver Spring, Maryland.It predominantly follows city surface streets, although the portion of the route from the Key Bridge east to 26th Street Northwest is an elevated highway better known as the Whitehurst Freeway.

  9. Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area - Wikipedia

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    Map of the 2012 OMB-designated Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.. The Washington–Baltimore combined metropolitan statistical area is a statistical area, including the overlapping metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.