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The James River forms near Iron Gate on the border between Alleghany and Botetourt counties, from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson rivers in the Appalachian Mountains. It flows into the Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads. Tidal waters extend west to Richmond at the river's fall line (the head of navigation). The James River through ...
The three largest rivers in order of both discharge and watershed area are the Susquehanna River, the Potomac River, and the James River. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Other major rivers include the Rappahannock River , the Appomattox River (which flows into the lower James River), the York River (a combination of the Pamunkey and Mattaponi tributary rivers ...
The James River Gorge is a water gap created by the James River in Central Virginia. The Gorge is 2,433 feet (742 m) [ 1 ] deep as measured from Highcock Knob 3,073 feet (937 m) [ 1 ] to the James River 640 feet (200 m) [ 1 ] and is approximately 9.3 miles (15.0 km) [ 2 ] long.
Aerial photo of the Port of Richmond, ca. 1957 (looking east) The Port of Richmond, also known as the Richmond Deepwater Terminal and the Richmond Marine Terminal, is located on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, United States, 100 miles (160 km) inland from Cape Henry and approximately 78 miles (126 km) northwest of Newport News, Virginia.
The most prominent, though not perhaps the most insuperable obstacle in the navigation of the Atlantic rivers, consists in their lower falls, which are ascribed to a presumed continuous granite ridge, rising about one hundred and thirty feet above tide water. That ridge from New York to James River inclusively arrests the ascent of the tide ...
The Elizabeth River is a 6-mile-long (10 km) [1] tidal estuary forming an arm of Hampton Roads harbor at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It is located along the southern side of the mouth of the James River, between the cities of Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Chesapeake. Forming the core of the Hampton ...
The saltwater wedge starts at the mouth of the river and moves upstream. Because saltwater is more dense than freshwater, it takes the shape of a wedge: The leading edge is at the bottom of the ...
The James River (also known as the Jim River or the Dakota River) is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 710 miles (1,140 km) long, draining an area of 20,653 square miles (53,490 km 2) in the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota. [1] About 70 percent of the drainage area is in South Dakota. [2]