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Dam could collapse and flood city with 17 feet of water.
The Red-cockaded woodpecker is endemic to the flatwoods ecosystem and the Blackwater River is the northern range of this woodpecker. [3] Many species of reptiles and amphibians depend on the long leaf pine ecosystem. [4] The Blackwater River is one of the few locations in Virginia that has over thirty species of amphibians. [5]
The sheriff’s office advised that if you know someone “who is unaccounted or who may have been affected by the flooding, please call 1-833-748-1424 to add them to the search list.” Show comments
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States . The term is used in fluvial studies, geology , geography , ecology , and biology .
Drone video from Billy Bowling shows flooding in Buchanan County, Virginia, that damaged more than 100 homes and left some 40 people unaccounted for Tuesday night.
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Virginia (1974) Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell Jr. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7
The flooding was concentrated in the area of Dismal River Road, which includes Dismal River, Patterson, Hale Creek, Pilgrim’s Knob, Whitewood and Jewell Valley, the sheriff’s office said.
According to the USGS a variant name is Choan River. [2] Flowing for approximately 50 miles (80 km) before ending in the Albemarle Sound on North Carolina's coast, the river drains about 4,800 square miles (12,000 km 2) of land in North Carolina and Virginia. Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows ...