VIRGINIA WATERSHEDS

THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS 14 WATERSHEDS The following slides feature these via

pictures and/or descriptions.

THE ALBEMARLE WATERSHED COVERS ABOUT 3,900 SQUARE MILES.

ABOUT 577 SQ. MILES OF IT IS IN VIRGINIA.

41% OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL IS WATER. ONLY 2% OF IT IS IN VIRGINIA.

THE BIG SANDY RIVER WATERSHED DRAINS IN KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA.

THE BIG SANDY RIVER IS 2,300 SQUARE MILES AND 575 SQUARE MILES OF IT ARE IN VIRGINIA.

CHESAPEAKE BAY AND SMALL COASTAL IS IN THE EASTERN PART OF VIRGINIA.

THE CHESAPEAKE BAY/SMALL COASTAL COVERS 1,588 SQUARE MILES.

THE CHOWAN RIVER IS IN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.

THE CHOWAN RIVER IS 4,900 SQUARE MILES AND 76% OF IT IS IN VIRGINIA

THE CLINCH/POWELL RIVERS ARE 1,773 MILES LONG.

THEY DRAIN 805,322 ACRES.

THE HOLSTON RIVER WATERSHED HAS THREE MAIN TRIBUTARIES: NORTH FORK, SOUTH FORK, AND MIDDLE FORK.

THOSE TRIBUTARIES DRAIN 845,585 ACRES.

THE JAMES RIVER IS 10,236 SQUARE MILES.

IT IS THE LARGEST RIVER CONTAINED IN ONE STATE.

THE NEW RIVER WATERSHED IS 6,952 SQUARE MILES.

3,068 SQUARE MILES OF IT ARE IN VIRGINIA.

THE POTOMAC/SHENANDOAH RIVER WATERSHED IS 3,063 SQUARE MILES.

IT’S MAIN STEM BEGINS IN FRONT ROYAL.

THE RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER IS 2,715 SQUARE MILES.

THE YORK RIVER IS 2,670 SQUARE MILES.

Roanoke Watershed

YADKIN RIVER WATERSHED The Yadkin River is

Virginia’s smallest watershed

SLIDE SHOW, ANIMATIONS, AND DESIGNS BY: TAYLOR FRANKLIN

EDITING BY: MS. MAUNEY-TYLER