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, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean north of Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
- Potomac River
- Hull Creek
- Coan River
- Yeocomico River
- Lower Machodoc Creek
- Nomini Creek
- Popes Creek
- Mattox Creek
- Rosier Creek
- Upper Machodoc Creek
- Potomac Creek
- Aquia Creek
- Chopawamsic Creek
- Quantico Creek
- Neabsco Creek
- Occoquan River
- Massey Creek
- Sandy Run
- Stillwell Run
- Bull Run
- Popes Head Creek
- Cub Run
- Little Bull Run
- Foley Branch
- Cedar Run
- Broad Run
- Kettle Run
- Pohick Creek
- Accotink Creek
- Dogue Creek
- Little Hunting Creek
- Hunting Creek
- Four Mile Run
- Lubber Run
- Pimmit Run
- Difficult Run
- Sugarland Run
- Broad Run
- Goose Creek
- Little River
- North Fork Goose Creek
- Beaverdam Creek
- Catoctin Creek
- Shenandoah River
- North Fork Shenandoah River
- Passage Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Stony Creek
- Mill Creek
- Smith Creek
- Linville Creek
- Shoemaker River
- Little Dry River
- German River
- South Fork Shenandoah River
- Hawksbill Creek
- South River
- Back Creek
- North River
- Middle River
- Naked Creek
- Cooks Creek
- Dry River
- Muddy Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Briery Branch
- Little River
- North Fork Shenandoah River
- Opequon Creek
- Mill Creek
- Abrams Creek
- Red Bud Run
- Back Creek
- Sleepy Creek
- South Branch Potomac River
- Little Wicomico River
- Great Wicomico River
- Rappahannock River
- Urbanna Creek
- Lagrange Creek
- Parrotts Creek
- Corrotoman River
- Totuskey Creek
- Piscataway Creek
- Hoskins Creek
- Cat Point Creek
- Occupacia Creek
- Rapidan River
- Mountain Run
- Hazel River
- Jordan River
- Piankatank River
- East River
- North River
- Ware River
- Severn River
- York River
- Perrin River
- Queen Creek
- Poropotank River
- Mattaponi River
- Maracossic Creek
- South River
- Matta River
- Poni River
- Pamunkey River
- Poquoson River
- Back River
- Hampton Roads
- Hampton River
- Elizabeth River
- James River
- Hoffler Creek
- Nansemond River
- Chuckatuck Creek
- Brewers Creek
- Pagan River
- Warwick River
- Lawnes Creek
- Skiffes Creek
- College Creek
- Grays Creek
- Chickahominy River
- Upper Chippokes Creek
- Wards Creek
- Bailey Creek
- Appomattox River
- Falling Creek
- Powhite Creek
- Deep Creek
- Muddy Creek
- Willis River
- Byrd Creek
- Rivanna River
- Mechunk Creek
- Buck Island Creek
- North Fork Rivanna River
- South Fork Rivanna River
- Slate River
- Hardware River
- Rockfish River
- Tye River
- Rucker Run
- Buffalo River
- Piney River
- South Fork Tye River
- North Fork Tye River
- David Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Blackwater Creek
- Ivy Creek
- Harris Creek
- Pedlar River
- Maury River
- Buffalo Creek
- South River
- Irish Creek
- Saint Marys River
- Whistle Creek
- Kerrs Creek
- Hays Creek
- Little Calfpasture River
- Calfpasture River
- Mill Creek (Calfpasture River tributary)
- Cedar Creek (James River tributary)
- Catawba Creek
- Craig Creek
- Johns Creek
- Mill Creek (James River tributary)
- Sinking Creek
- Cowpasture River
- Stuart Run
- Bullpasture River
- Jackson River
- Potts Creek
- Dunlap Creek
- Ogle Creek (Virginia)
- Cedar Creek (Jackson River tributary)
- Back Creek
- Little Back Creek
- Lynnhaven River
Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay
- North Landing River
- Northwest River (Virginia)
- Chowan River (NC)
- Meherrin River
- Fountains Creek
- Flat Rock Creek
- North Meherrin River
- Reedy Creek
- South Meherrin River
- Somerton Creek
- Blackwater River
- Nottoway River
- Mill Creek
- Nottoway Swamp
- Assamoosick Swamp
- Three Creek
- Raccoon Creek
- Hunting Quarter Swamp
- Rowanty Creek
- Stony Creek
- Sappony Creek
- Sturgeon Creek
- Waqua Creek
- Tommeheton Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Little Nottoway River
- Meherrin River
- Roanoke River (or Staunton River)
- Allen Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Island Creek
- Grassy Creek
- Bluestone Creek
- Little Bluestone Creek
- Dan River
- Line Branch
- Aarons Creek
- Hyco River
- Lick Branch
- Banister River
- Gibson Creek
- Wolf Trap Creek
- Myers Creek
- Winn Creek
- Toots Creek
- Terrible Creek
- Kents Creek
- Polecat Creek
- Sandy Creek
- Bye Creek
- Bradley Creek
- Runaway Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
- Brush Creek
- Squirrel Creek
- Allen Creek
- Bird Creek
- Stinking River
- Shockoe Creek
- Whitethorn Creek
- Cherrystone Creek
- White Oak Creek
- Pudding Creek
- Bearskin Creek
- Strawberry Creek
- Robins Branch
- Wet Sleeve Creek
- Mitchell Branch
- Chatman Branch
- Grassy Creek
- Perrin Creek
- Reedy Creek
- Poplar Creek
- Pond Branch
- Miry Creek
- Lawsons Creek
- Country Line Creek
- Sandy River
- Cascade Creek
- Smith River
- Leatherwood Creek
- Mayo River
- North Mayo River
- South Mayo River
- Russell Creek
- Little Dan River
- Difficult Creek
- Roanoke Creek
- Cub Creek
- Falling River
- Little Falling River
- Mollys Creek
- South Fork Falling River
- Straightstone Creek
- Seneca Creek
- West Little Seneca Creek
- East Little Seneca Creek
- Otter River
- Big Otter River
- Goose Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Pigg River
- Snow Creek
- Big Chestnut Creek
- Blackwater River
- Back Creek
- Tinker Creek
- North Fork Roanoke River
- South Fork Roanoke River
- Goose Creek (South Fork Roanoke River tributary)
- Pee Dee River (NC)
Tennessee River
- Tennessee River (TN)
- Clinch River
- Powell River
- Indian Creek
- Martin Creek
- Wallen Creek
- North Fork Powell River
- South Fork Powell River
- North Fork Clinch River
- Copper Creek
- Stock Creek
- Guest River
- Little River
- Big Creek
- Indian Creek
- Powell River
- Holston River (TN)
- North Fork Holston River
- Possum Creek
- Big Moccasin Creek
- Laurel Creek (North Fork Holston River tributary)
- South Fork Holston River
- Beaver Creek
- Middle Fork Holston River
- Laurel Creek (South Fork Holston River tributary)
- Whitetop Laurel Creek
- North Fork Holston River
- Clinch River
Ohio River
- Ohio River (KY, WV)
- Big Sandy River (KY)
- Levisa Fork
- Russell Fork
- Home Creek
- Slate Creek
- Dismal Creek (tributary of Levisa Fork)
- Tug Fork
- Knox Creek
- Dry Fork
- Levisa Fork
- Big Sandy River (KY)
- Kanawha River (WV)
- New River
- Bluestone River
- East River
- Wolf Creek
- Walker Creek
- Little Walker Creek
- Kimberling Creek
- Sinking Creek
- Little River (New River tributary)
- Pine Creek (Floyd County, Virginia)
- West Fork Little River
- Peak Creek
- Big Reed Island Creek
- Cripple Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Beaverdam Creek
- Glade Creek
- Grassy Creek
- Greasy Creek
- Big Branch
- Laurel Fork (Virginia)
- Little Snake Creek
- Bear Creek
- Pine Creek
- Pipestem Branch
- Snake Creek
- Sulphur Spring Branch
- Stone Mountain Creek
- Burks Fork
- Little Reed Island Creek
- Reed Creek
- Chestnut Creek
- Elk Creek
- Little River (North Carolina–Virginia)
- Fox Creek
- Wilson Creek
- North Fork New River
- Helton Creek
- Big Horse Creek
- New River
- Kanawha River (WV)
Alphabetically
- Aarons Creek
- Abrams Creek
- Accokeek Creek
- Accotink Creek
- Allen Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Appomattox River
- Aquia Creek
- Ararat River
- Back Creek (Jackson River tributary)
- Back Creek (Potomac River tributary)
- Back Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Back Creek (South River tributary)
- Back River
- Bailey Creek
- Banister River
- Beaver Creek (James River tributary)
- Beaver Creek (North River tributary)
- Beaver Creek (South Fork Holston River tributary)
- Beaverdam Creek
- Bennett Creek
- Big Chestnut Creek
- Big Creek
- Big Horse Creek
- Big Moccasin Creek
- Big Otter River
- Big Reed Island Creek
- Birds Branch (Ararat River tributary)
- Blackwater Creek
- Blackwater River (Chowan River tributary)
- Blackwater River (Roanoke River tributary)
- Bluestone Creek
- Bluestone River
- Bluewing Creek
- Bowes Branch
- Brewers Creek
- Briery Branch
- Broad Run (Occoquan River tributary)
- Broad Run (Potomac River tributary)
- Browns Dan River
- Buck Island Creek
- Buffalo Creek (Appomattox River tributary)
- Buffalo Creek (Maury River tributary)
- Buffalo River
- Bull Run
- Bullpasture River
- Burke Fork
- Bush River
- Byrd Creek
- Cabin Creek
- Cameron Run
- Carys Creek (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Cascade Creek
- Catawba Creek
- Catoctin Creek
- Calfpasture River
- Cat Point Creek
- Cedar Creek (Jackson River tributary)
- Cedar Creek (James River tributary)
- Cedar Creek (North Fork Shenandoah River tributary)
- Cedar Run (Occoquan River tributary)
- Chickahominy River
- Chopawamsic Creek
- Chestnut Creek
- Christians Creek
- Chuckatuck Creek
- Clarks Creek (Ararat River tributary)
- Clinch River
- Coan River
- Cockle Creek
- Cold Spring River
- Coleman Creek
- College Creek
- Conway River
- Cooks Creek
- Copper Creek
- Corrotoman River
- Country Line Creek
- Covington River
- Cowpasture River
- Craig Creek
- Cranes Nest River
- Cripple Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Cub Creek
- Cub Run
- Dan River
- David Creek
- Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary)
- Deep Creek (James River tributary)
- Diascund Creek
- Difficult Creek
- Difficult Run
- Dismal Creek (tributary of Levisa Fork)
- Doe Run Creek (Ararat River tributary)
- Dogue Creek
- Doyles River
- Dreaming Creek
- Dry Fork
- Dry Creek
- Dry River
- Dunlap Creek
- East Little Seneca Creek
- East River (Giles County)
- East River (Mathews County)
- Eastern Branch Elizabeth River
- Elizabeth River
- Elk Creek
- Falling Creek
- Falling River
- Fisher River
- Flat Branch
- Flat Creek
- Flat Rock Creek
- Fountains Creek
- Four Mile Run
- Fox Creek
- German River
- Goose Creek (Potomac River tributary)
- Goose Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Goose Creek (South Fork Roanoke River tributary)
- Grassy Creek
- Grays Creek
- Great Wicomico River
- Grogen Branch
- Guest River
- Halfway Creek
- Hampton River
- Hardware River
- Harris Creek
- Harris River
- Hawksbill Creek
- Hays Creek
- Hazel River
- Helton Creek
- Hilly Creek
- Hogue Creek
- Home Creek
- Horsepen Creek (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Hoskins Creek
- Hudson Branch
- Hughes River
- Hull Creek
- Hunting Creek
- Hyco River
- Indian Creek (Clinch River tributary)
- Indian Creek (Powell River tributary)
- Indian River
- Irish Creek
- Isaacs Creek
- Island Creek
- Ivy Creek
- Jackson River
- Jacks Branch (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- James River
- Johns Creek
- Jordan River
- Kerrs Creek
- Kettle Run
- Kimberling Creek
- Kings Run (Ararat River tributary)
- Knotts Creek
- Knox Creek
- Lafayette River
- Lagrange Creek
- Larkin Branch
- Laurel Creek (North Fork Holston River tributary)
- Laurel Creek (South Fork Holston River tributary)
- Laurel Fork
- Lawnes Creek
- Lazaretto Creek (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Leatherwood Creek
- Levisa Fork
- Linville Creek
- Little Back Creek
- Little Bluestone Creek
- Little Bull Run
- Little Calfpasture River
- Little Dan River
- Little Dry River
- Little Falling River
- Little Hunting Creek
- Little Nottoway River
- Little Otter River
- Little Piney River
- Little Reed Island Creek
- Little River (Clinch River tributary)
- Little River (Goose Creek tributary)
- Little River (New River tributary)
- Little River (North Anna River tributary)
- Little River (North Carolina–Virginia)
- Little River (North River tributary)
- Little Walker Creek
- Little Wicomico River
- Little Willis River
- Long Branch (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Lovills Creek
- Lower Machodoc Creek
- Lynch River
- Lynnhaven River
- McClure River
- Machipongo River
- Maggodee Creek
- Mallorys Creek (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Maracossic Creek
- Martin Creek
- Mat River
- Matta River
- Mattaponi River
- Mattox Creek
- Maury River
- Mayo Creek
- Mayo River
- Mechums River
- Mechunk Creek
- Meherrin River
- Middle Fork Holston River
- Middle Meherrin River
- Middle River
- Mill Creek (Calfpasture River tributary)
- Mill Creek (James River tributary)
- Mill Creek (North Fork Shenandoah River tributary)
- Mill Creek (Opequon Creek tributary)
- Mine Run
- Mollys Creek
- Moormans River
- Morris Branch
- Mosquito Creek
- Motto River
- Mountain Run
- Muddy Creek (Dry River tributary)
- Muddy Creek (James River tributary)
- Naked Creek
- Namozine Creek
- Nansemond River
- Neabsco Creek
- Tims River
- New River
- Newfound River
- Ni River
- Nomini Creek
- North Anna River
- North Buffalo Creek
- North Fork Catoctin Creek
- North Fork Clinch River
- North Fork Goose Creek
- North Fork Holston River
- North Fork Powell River
- North Fork Rivanna River
- North Fork Roanoke River
- North Fork Shenandoah River
- North Fork Tye River
- North Landing River
- North Mayo River
- North Meherrin River
- North River (Mobjack Bay)
- North River (Slate River tributary)
- North River (South Fork Shenandoah River tributary)
- Northwest River
- Northwest Yeocomico River
- Nottoway River
- Occoquan River
- Occupacia Creek
- Ogle Creek (Virginia)
- Opequon Creek
- Owens Branch (Ararat River tributary)
- Pagan River
- Pamunkey Creek
- Pamunkey River
- Parrotts Creek
- Passage Creek
- Peak Creek
- Pedlar River
- Pensions Branch
- Perrin River
- Piankatank River
- Pigg River
- Pimmit Run
- Piney River (Thornton River tributary)
- Piney River (Tye River tributary)
- Piscataway Creek
- Po River
- Pocaty River
- Pocomoke River
- Pohick Creek
- Poni River
- Popes Creek
- Popes Head Creek
- Poquoson River
- Poropotank River
- Possum Creek
- Potomac Creek
- Potomac River
- Potts Creek
- Pound River
- Powell River
- Powhite Creek
- Quantico Creek
- Queen Creek
- Rapidan River
- Rappahannock River
- Red Bud Run
- Reed Creek
- Reed Island Creek
- Reedy Creek
- Rivanna River
- Roach River
- Roanoke Creek
- Roanoke River (or Staunton River)
- Robinson River
- Rockfish River
- Rose River
- Rosier Creek
- Rowanty Creek
- Rucker Run
- Rush River
- Russell Creek
- Russell Fork
- Saint Marys River
- Sandy Creek
- Sandy River (Bush River tributary)
- Sandy River (Dan River tributary)
- Sappony Creek
- Seneca Creek
- Severn River
- Shenandoah River
- Shoemaker River
- Sinking Creek (James River tributary)
- Sinking Creek (New River tributary)
- Skiffes Creek
- Slate Creek
- Slate River
- Sleepy Creek
- Smith Creek
- Smith River
- Snake Creek
- Snow Creek
- Somerton Creek
- South Anna River
- Stave Run
- South Branch Potomac River
- South Buffalo Creek
- South Fork Catoctin Creek
- South Fork Clinch River
- South Fork Elizabeth River
- South Fork Falling River
- South Fork Holston River
- South Fork Powell River
- South Fork Rivanna River
- South Fork Roanoke River
- South Fork Shenandoah River
- South Fork South Branch Potomac River
- South Fork Tye River
- South Mayo River
- South Meherrin River
- South River (Mattaponi River tributary)
- South River (Maury River tributary)
- South River (Rapidan River tributary)
- South River (Shenandoah River tributary)
- South Yeocomico River
- Southern Branch Elizabeth River
- Staunton River (Rapidan River tributary)
- Staunton River (or Roanoke River)
- Stewarts Creek
- Stinking River
- Stock Creek
- Stony Creek (North Fork Shenandoah River tributary)
- Stony Creek (Nottoway River tributary)
- Straightstone Creek
- Stuart Run
- Sugarland Run
- Sun Run (Ararat River tributary)
- Swift Creek
- Ta River
- Taylors Creek
- Tear Wallet Creek
- Terrell Branch
- Thompson Creek (Ararat River tributary)
- Thornton River
- Three Creek
- Tinker Creek
- Totuskey Creek
- Tug Fork
- Tye River
- Upper Chippokes Creek
- Upper Machodoc Creek
- Urbanna Creek
- Walker Creek
- Wallen Creek
- Wards Creek
- Ware River
- Warwick River
- West Fork Little River
- West Little Seneca Creek
- West Yeocomico River
- Western Branch Elizabeth River
- Whetstone Creek (Little Nottoway River tributary)
- Whistle Creek
- Whitetop Laurel Creek
- Willis River
- Wilson Creek
- Wolf Creek
- Yeocomico River
- York River
See also
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References
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Virginia (1974)
- Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.
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