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The international scale of river difficulty is an American system used to rate the difficulty of navigating a stretch of river, or a single (sometimes whitewater) rapid. [1] The scale was created by the American Whitewater Association to evaluate rivers throughout the world, hence international in the title. [ 2 ]
Difficult Run is a 15.9-mile-long (25.6 km) [1] tributary stream of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia in the United States. [2]The stream is part of a 57.7-square-mile drainage basin, or watershed, in the north-central portion of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Water flow is regulated at Philpott Dam according to the demands of hydroelectric power generation, downstream water temperature control, and adequate water levels for recreational use. [3] From its source at Philpott Dam, the river runs 44.5 mi through Franklin County and Henry County before reaching the North Carolina border.
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In a few hours, it would climb to more than 20 feet and pulse at 101,000 cubic feet per second − equal to the amount of water flowing over Niagara Falls in high season and 10 times stronger than ...
The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km) [5] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia , and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina .
Ohio River (KY, WV) Big Sandy River (KY) Levisa Fork. Russell Fork. Pound River. Cranes Nest River; McClure River; Home Creek; Slate Creek; Dismal Creek (tributary of Levisa Fork) Tug Fork. Knox Creek; Dry Fork; New River drainage basin. Kanawha River (WV) New River. Bluestone River; East River; Wolf Creek; Walker Creek. Little Walker Creek ...