German River

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English The German River is the principal tributary of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, flowing for Script error: No such module "convert".[1] in the U.S. state of Virginia. The river originates in northern Rockingham County, just east of the West Virginia border, in the George Washington National Forest, near the crest of Shenandoah Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains.

Course

The German River rises from a mountain spring in the Cow Run area of Rockingham County, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of the town of Bergton. From an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level, it descends rapidly to the northeast between Fulk Mountain and Black Lick Mountain. The valley begins to widen and have some cultivation below Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level. Tributaries of the German River (ordered from upstream to downstream) are Camp Rader Run, Beech Lick Run, Sumac Run, Paint Lick Run, the Cold Spring River, Persimmon Run, and Siever Run. Near Bergton, the German River joins Crab Run to form the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.

Tributaries

See also

References

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Script error: No such module "webarchive"., accessed August 15, 2011

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