Sandy River (Bush River tributary)

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Sandy River
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Sandy River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km) [1] tributary of the Bush River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Via the Bush River and the Appomattox River, it is part of the James River watershed. It rises in Prince Edward County northeast of the village of Green Bay and flow north through Prince Edward State Forest and farmland, joining the Bush River less than one mile south of that river's confluence with the Appomattox near the town of Farmville.

The Bush River is a 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) tributary of the Appomattox River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It rises northeast of Keysville near the junction of the boundaries between Charlotte, Prince Edward, and Lunenburg counties. It flows northeast through Prince Edward County and joins the Appomattox River 3 miles (5 km) east of Farmville.

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  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
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