Rockfish River
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The Rockfish River is a Script error: No such module "convert".[1] tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. Via the James River, it is part of the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay.
Course
The Rockfish River is formed in Nelson County, Virginia, by the confluence of its North and South Forks (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), both of which rise in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway. It flows generally southeastwardly through northern Nelson County; in its lower course the river is used to define the boundary between Nelson and Albemarle counties. It enters the James River from the northwest on the common boundary of the two counties, about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Scottsville.
Etymology
Rockfish Valley is named for the fact that before the dams on the James River were constructed, rockfish ran from the bays as far west as the valley.[2]
See also
Sources
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
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- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (2005). Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN.
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