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The Bluestone River is a tributary of the New River in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia in the United States. An eleven-mile portion of its lower course is designated as the Bluestone National Scenic River. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
The New River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States. ...
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A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...
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The Bluestone rises on East River Mountain in Tazewell County, Virginia and flows generally northeastwardly through Mercer and Summers Counties in West Virginia, passing the towns of Bluefield in Virginia and Bramwell and Montcalm in West Virginia. It joins the New River about five miles south of Hinton as part of Bluestone Lake, which is formed by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on the New. The Bluestone's National Scenic River segment is located mostly in Summers County, as is Pipestem Resort State Park, which lies along a gorge formed by the river. Tazewell County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ...
Mercer County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ...
Summers County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ...
Bluefield is a town located in Tazewell County, Virginia. ...
Bramwell is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ...
Montcalm is a census-designated place located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ...
Hinton is a city located in Summers County, West Virginia. ...
United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ...
Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...
Grand Canyon, Arizona A canyon, or gorge, is a valley walled by cliffs. ...
Little Bluestone River The Little Bluestone River is a minor tributary of the Bluestone in Summers County, fewer than ten miles in length from its formation by the confluence of two streams, White Oak Branch and Jumping Branch. A confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects (or subjects) that seem to inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a point of junction. ...
See also This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia, as listed in The Hornbook of Virginia History (1994 edition). ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...
This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. ...
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