Wappacoma

Wappacoma was one of the names given to the South Branch of the Potomac. Rising in the Allegheny highlands, the river flows northeast through a series of mountain valleys before meeting the North Branch to form the Potomac. Along its course, the river winds between ridges and passes the steep cliffs known as the Hanging Rocks. The broad Potomac carries its waters onward to Chesapeake Bay, joining the inland highlands to the Atlantic coastal plain.