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The York River is a navigable estuary, approximately 34 miles (55 km) long, in eastern Virginia in the United States. It ranges in width from 1 mile (1.6 km) at its head to 2.5 miles (4.0 km) near its mouth on the west side of Chesapeake Bay. Its watershed drains an area of the coastal plain of Virginia north and east of Richmond.
The Big Otter River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.
The Blackwater River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of the Roanoke River.
Buffalo Creek is a 16.0-mile-long (25.7 km) tributary of the Maury River in Rockbridge County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.
The Buffalo River is a 31.5-mile-long (50.7 km) tributary of the Tye River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.
Craig Creek is an 84-mile-long (135 km) tributary of the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It flows through the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in western Virginia, passing 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Roanoke.
Dunlap Creek is a 25.9-mile-long (41.7 km) tributary of the Jackson River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.
The Little Falling River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.
The Little Piney River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) tributary of the Piney River in Amherst County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Via the Piney and Tye rivers, it is part of the James River watershed.
The Little River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It rises near Maiden Spring in Tazewell County, Virginia, and empties into the Clinch River in Russell County.
North Buffalo Creek is a 7.5-mile-long (12.1 km) tributary of Buffalo Creek in Rockbridge County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Via Buffalo Creek and the Maury River, it is part of the James River watershed.
The North Mayo River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.
The North Meherrin River is a river in the United States state of Virginia.
The Russell Fork is a 51.9-mile-long (83.5 km) tributary of the Levisa Fork in southwestern Virginia and southeastern Kentucky in the United States. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia, in southern Buchanan County at the base of Big A Mountain, and flows northwest into Dickenson County. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of Haysi, Virginia, the Breaks Interstate Park, and the town of Elkhorn City, Kentucky, in Pike County, to the community of Millard, Kentucky where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the Tug Fork, form the Big Sandy River.
The Saint Marys River is an 8.4-mile-long (13.5 km) tributary of the South River in Augusta County in the U.S. state of Virginia. By the South and Maury rivers, it is part of the James River watershed.
South Buffalo Creek is a 9.9-mile-long (15.9 km) tributary of Buffalo Creek in Botetourt and Rockbridge counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. Via Buffalo Creek and the Maury River, it is part of the James River watershed.
The South River is a 20.3-mile-long (32.7 km) tributary of the Maury River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.
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Maggodee Creek is a creek in Franklin County in the United States state of Virginia. The creek is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Blackwater River, part of the Roanoke River watershed.
References
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
- Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.
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