List of rivers of Virginia

List of rivers of Virginia

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.

By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.


=Eastern Shore=

*Pocomoke River
*Machipongo River

Chesapeake Bay

*Potomac River
**Hull Creek
**Coan River
**Yeocomico River
***Northwest Yeocomico River
***South Yeocomico River
***West Yeocomico River
**Pope's Creek (Virginia)
**Mattox Creek
**Potomac Creek
**Aquia Creek
**Chopawamsic Creek
**Quantico Creek
**Neabsco Creek
**Occoquan River
***Bull Run
**Pohick Creek
**Accotink Creek
**Dogue Creek
**Hunting Creek
**Goose Creek
***Little River
**Catoctin Creek
***North Fork Catoctin Creek
***South Fork Catoctin Creek
**Shenandoah River
***North Fork Shenandoah River
****Passage Creek
****Cedar Creek
****Smith Creek
****Shoemaker River
****Little Dry River
****German River
*****Cold Spring River
***South Fork Shenandoah River
****South River
*****Christians Creek
****Middle River
****North River
*****Dry River
*****Little River
**Opequon Creek
***Abrams Creek
**Back Creek
***Hogue Creek
***Isaacs Creek
**Sleepy Creek
**South Branch Potomac River
*Little Wicomico River
*Great Wicomico River
*Rappahannock River
**Corrotoman River
**Piscataway Creek
**Rapidan River
***Robinson River
****Rose River
***South River
***Conway River
***Staunton River
**Hazel River
***Thornton River
****Rush River
*****Covington River
****Piney River
***Hughes River
**Jordan River
*Piankatank River
**Dragon Swamp
*East River
*North River
*Ware River
*Severn River
*York River
**Perrin River
**Poropotank River
**Mattaponi River
***South River
****Motto River
***Matta River
****Mat River
****Ta River
***Poni River
****Po River
****Ni River
**Pamunkey River
***South Anna River
****Newfound River
***North Anna River
****Little River
****Pamunkey Creek
*Poquoson River
*Back River
**Harris River
*Hampton Roads
**Hampton River
**Elizabeth River
***Lafayette River
***Eastern Branch Elizabeth River
****Indian River
***Southern Branch Elizabeth River
***Western Branch Elizabeth River
**James River
****Hoffler Creek
****Knotts Creek
***Nansemond River
****Bennett's Creek
***Chuckatuck Creek
****Brewers Creek
***Pagan River
***Warwick River
***Chickahominy River
***Appomattox River
****Swift Creek
****Namozine Creek
****Deep Creek
****Flat Creek
****Bush River
*****Sandy River
****Buffalo Creek
***Powhite Creek
***Willis River
****Little Willis River
***Rivanna River
****North Fork Rivanna River
*****Lynch River
******Roach River
****South Fork Rivanna River
*****Mechums River
*****Moormans River
******Doyles River
***Slate River
****North River
***Hardware River
***Rockfish River
***Buffalo River
****Tye River
*****Piney River
******Little Piney River
***Pedlar River
***Maury River
****Buffalo Creek
*****North Buffalo Creek
*****South Buffalo Creek
****South River
*****Saint Marys River
****Little Calfpasture River
****Calfpasture River
***Cedar Creek
***Craig Creek
***Cowpasture River
****Bullpasture River
***Jackson River
****Dunlap Creek
****Back Creek
*Lynnhaven River

Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay

*North Landing River
**Pocaty River
*Northwest River
*"Chowan River (NC)"
**Meherrin River
***Fontaine Creek
***North Meherrin River
***South Meherrin River
****Middle Meherrin River
**Blackwater River
**Nottoway River
***Three Creek
***Rowanty Creek
***Stony Creek
***Little Nottoway River
*Roanoke River (or Staunton River)
**Dan River
***Hyco River
***Banister River
****Sandy Creek
****Stinking River
***Sandy River
***Smith River
***Mayo River
****Mayo River
****Mayo River
***Little Dan River
****Browns Dan River
**Roanoke Creek
**Club Creek
**Falling River
***Little Falling River
**Seneca River
**Otter River
***Big Otter River
***Little Otter River
**Goose Creek
**Pigg River
**Blackwater River
*"Pee Dee River (NC)"
**"Yadkin River (NC)"
***Ararat River
***Fisher River

Ohio Drainage Basin

*"Ohio River (KY,WV)"
**"Big Sandy River (KY)"
***Levisa Fork River
****Russell Fork River
*****Pound River
******Cranesnest River
*****McClure River
***Tug Fork River
****Dry Fork
**"Kanawha River (WV)"
***New River
****Bluestone River
****East River
****Wolf Creek
****Walker Creek
****Sinking Creek
****Little River
****Reed Island Creek
****Reed Creek
****Criple Creek
****Chestnut Creek

Tennessee Drainage Basin

*"Tennessee River (TN)"
**Clinch River
***Powell River
***North Fork Clinch River
***Guest River
***Little River
**"Holston River (TN)"
***North Fork Holston River
***South Fork Holston River
****Middle Fork Holston River

Alphabetically

:Appomattox River:Ararat River:Back Creek:Back River:Banister River:Big Otter River:Blackwater River (City of Franklin):Blackwater River (Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties):Bluestone River:Browns Dan River:Buffalo Creek:Bullpasture River:Bush River:Catoctin Creek:Calfpasture River:Chickahominy River:Clinch River:Coan River:Cold Spring River:Conway River:Corrotoman River:Covington River:Cowpasture River:Cranesnest River:Dan River:Doyles River:Dry River:Eastern Branch Elizabeth River:East River (Giles County):East River (Mathews County):Elizabeth River:Falling River:Fisher River:German River:Great Wicomico River:Guest River:Hampton River:Hardware River:Harris River:Hazel River:Hughes River:Hyco River:Indian River:Jackson River:James River:Jordan River:Lafayette River:Levisa Fork River:Little Calfpasture River:Little Dan River:Little Dry River:Little Falling River:Little Nottoway River:Little Otter River:Little Piney River:Little River (Fauquier and Loudoun Counties):Little River (Augusta County):Little River (Floyd, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties):Little River (Russell and Tazewell Counties):Little River (Hanover and Louisa Counties):Little Wicomico River:Little Willis River:Lynch River:Lynnhaven River:McClure River:Machipongo River:Mat River:Matta River:Mattaponi River:Maury River:Mayo River:Mechums River:Meherrin River:Middle Fork Holston River:Middle Meherrin River:Middle River:Moormans River:Motto River:Nansemond River:New River:Newfound River:Ni River:North Anna River:North Fork Clinch River:North Fork Holston River:North Fork Shenandoah River:North Landing River:North Mayo River:North Meherrin River:North River (Augusta and Rockingham Counties):North River (Buckingham County):North River (Gloucester and Mathews Counties):Northwest River :Northwest Yeocomico River:Nottoway River:Occoquan River:Opequon Creek:Otter River:Pagan River:Pamunkey River:Pedlar River:Perrin River:Piankatank River:Pigg River:Piney River (Amherst and Nelson Counties):Piney River (Rappahannock County):Po River:Pocaty River:Pocomoke River:Poni River:Poquoson River:Poropotank River:Potomac River:Pound River:Powell River:Quantico Creek:Rapidan River:Rappahannock River:Rivanna River:Roach River:Roanoke River (or Staunton River):Robinson River:Rockfish River:Rose River:Rush River:Russell Fork River:Saint Marys River:Sandy River (Pittsylvania County, City of Danville):Sandy River (Prince Edward County):Severn River:Shenandoah River:Shoemaker River:Sinking Creek:Slate River:Smith River:South Anna River:South Branch Potomac River:South Buffalo Creek:Southern Branch Elizabeth River:South Fork Clinch River:South Fork Holston River:South Fork Shenandoah River:South Mayo River:South Meherrin River:South River (Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties):South River (Rockbridge and Augusta Counties):South River (Greene County):South River (Augusta and Rockingham Counties):South Yeocomico River:Staunton River (Madison County):Staunton River (or Roanoke River):Stinking River:Ta River:Thornton River:Tug Fork River:Tye River:Ware River:Warwick River:Western Branch Elizabeth River:West Yeocomico River:Wicomico River:Willis River:Yeocomico River:York River

ee also

*List of rivers in the United States

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ USGS Geographic Names Information Service]
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
*cite book | last = Salmon | first = Emily J. | coauthors = Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr. | title = The Hornbook of Virginia History | origdate = 1994 | edition = 4th Edition | publisher = Virginia Office of Graphic Communications | isbn = 0-88490-177-7 | location = Richmond, VA


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