And...................if water is entering the tidal basin from the Potomac............forget nomenclature for a moment..........then why does the current inside the Tidal basin run towards the Potomac?  And furthermore...........why is there not current on the Potomac side towards the Tidal basin?  They are lying...............

In that part of the same wiki article............it says the inlet gate is on the Potomac side......


The inlet gates, located on the Potomac side of the basin, allow water to enter the basin during high tide. During this time, the outlet gates, on the Washington Channel side, close to store incoming water and block the flow of water andsediment into the channel. As the tide begins to ebb, the general outflow of water from the basin forces the inlet gates to close. This same force is applied to the outlet gates, which open into the channel. Silt build up is swept away by the extra force of water running from the Tidal Basin through the channel. The gates are maintained as navigable by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has recently completed a project to restore the functioning of the gates.

For one thing.......in the same wiki article...................the inlet gate is the one named.............by the Wash channel......to the south and east..........

Gallery[edit]

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  Jefferson Memorial as seen from across the Tidal Basin