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  2. Quantico Creek - Wikipedia

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    Quantico Creek is a 13.7-mile-long (22.0 km) [1] partially tidal tributary of the Potomac River in eastern Prince William County, Virginia. Quantico Creek rises southeast of Independent Hill , flows through Prince William Forest Park and Dumfries and empties into the Potomac at Possum Point .

  3. Gold mining in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Location: About 2.0 to 3.0 miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) southwest of Mineral; according to the Spotsylvania County Deed Books, the mine is located on the old R.E. Dolan property known as the Louisa Gold Company Land tract comprising 766 arces, which includes the Waddy tract and the 104-acre (0.42 km 2) Waldorf tract; near the property of Lewis ...

  4. Clinch River - Wikipedia

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    The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than 300 miles (480 km) through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in Kingston, Tennessee.

  5. Roanoke River - Wikipedia

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    The Roanoke River (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) runs 410 miles (660 km) long [1] through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. [2] A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains southeast across the Piedmont to Albemarle Sound.

  6. List of rivers of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Mine Run; Robinson River. Rose River; South River; Conway River; Staunton River; Mountain Run; ... ISBN 0-88490-177-7 This page was last edited on 8 November 2024, at ...

  7. York River (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The York River was formerly known as the Pamunkey River by the Native Americans.Colonists of the Virginia Company in the 17th century first called it the Charles River. On the north bank (the Middle Peninsula), in what is now Gloucester County, the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy maintained Werowocomoco, one of two capitals of the paramount chiefdom at the time of European contact before 1609.

  8. Dan River - Wikipedia

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    The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km) [5] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia , and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina .

  9. Category:Rivers of Virginia by county - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Virginia. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories