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As the Potomac River approaches the Blue Ridge on the eastern edge of the Shenandoah Valley, the river turns to the south paralleling the ridge to Bolivar, West Virginia, where it then cuts east, past Harpers Ferry to its confluence with the Shenandoah River at the western edge of the first gap between Blue Ridge Mountain to the south in Virginia and West Virginia and Elk Ridge Mountain to the ...
Rex River; Duwamish River. Longfellow Creek; Black River (historical) ... USGS Geographic Names Information Service; USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Washington (1974)
River Waveney (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Winterbourne Stream, East Sussex, UK — bourne meaning a stream that only flows in winter. River Wissey (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Withlacoochee River, Withlacoochee probably comes from the Muskogean word meaning "little river." Bakkárholtsá in the Ölfus region of ...
The Roanoke logperch is known only from the upper reaches of the Roanoke, Dan and Chowan river systems in Virginia, with a small population in North Carolina. It inhabits gravel and boulder runs of slow-moving, warm, small to medium-sized rivers where it is found in riffles, runs and pools with sandy, stony or boulder-strewn bottoms.
The Rivanna River / r ɪ ˈ v æ n ə / is a 42.1-mile-long (67.8 km) [1] tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States.The Rivanna's tributaries originate in the Blue Ridge Mountains; via the James River, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
A river in eastern Virginia which has no direct association with dried corn although its English name of "hominy" is derived from this term. It actually originated in Mexico and Central America. The river is named after the Chickahominy Indian tribe who lived in the area near Richmond, including the famous Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas.
Red, white and blue baby names are a way to show your patriotism this 4th of July, and always! Consider options like Scarlett, Pearl and Lapis.
Blue Ridge Mountains - Front Royal, Virginia Although the term "Blue Ridge" is sometimes applied exclusively to the eastern edge or front range of the Appalachian Mountains, the geological definition of the Blue Ridge province extends westward to the Ridge and Valley area, encompassing the Great Smoky Mountains, the Great Balsams, the Roans, the Blacks, and other mountain ranges.