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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia. By drainage basin ... (North Carolina–Virginia) Little River (North River tributary) ... USGS Hydrologic ...
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles (560 km) [3] to the Chesapeake Bay. [4] The river length extends to 444 miles (715 km) if the Jackson River, the longer of its two headwaters, is included. [3]
The Shenandoah River / ˌ ʃ ɛ n ə n ˈ d oʊ ə / is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each, [3] in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.
Blackwater River (Roanoke River tributary) Blackwater River (Virginia) Bluestone River; Bluewing Creek; Bolin Branch (Bearskin Creek tributary) Bowes Branch; Bowle Spring Branch; Bradley Creek (Banister River tributary) Broad Run (Loudoun County, Virginia) Broad Run (Occoquan River tributary) Browns Dan River; Brush Creek (Banister River tributary)
Monongahela River • location: ... In his Notes on the State of Virginia published in 1781–82, ... A map of the Ohio River valley, ...
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.
From there the state line follows the Blackwater River south to the confluence, then continues west. The watershed of the Blackwater River contains a portion of three cities and five counties of Virginia: the cities of Franklin, Petersburg, and Suffolk, and the counties of Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex.
The Appomattox River is a tributary of the James River, approximately 157 miles (253 km) long, [4] in central and eastern Virginia, named for the Appomattocs Indian tribe who lived along its lower banks in the 17th century.