Shenandoah River
river in Virginia and West Virginia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shenandoah River /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə/ is a tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each.[3] One is in the U.S. states of Virginia while the other in West Virginia.
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Shenandoah River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia, West Virginia |
Towns | Harper's Ferry, WV, Front Royal, VA, Luray, VA |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Fork |
- location | Shenandoah Mountain |
2nd source | South Fork |
- location | Port Republic |
Source confluence | |
- location | Front Royal, VA |
Mouth | Potomac River |
- location | Harpers Ferry |
- coordinates | 39.3226009°N 77.7277704°W / 39.3226009; -77.7277704[1] |
- elevation | 246 ft (75 m)[1] |
Length | 56 mi (90 km) |
Basin size | 2,937 sq mi (7,610 km2) |
Discharge | |
- location | Millville, WV[2] |
- average | 2,755 cu ft/s (78.0 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
- left | North Fork (Shenandoah River) |
- right | South Fork (Shenandoah River) |
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The river and its tributaries drain the central and lower Shenandoah River valley. They also drain the Page Valley in the Appalachians on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in northwestern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.[4]