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Encyclopedia > South Fork Shenandoah River

The South Fork Shenandoah River is one of two forks that unite to form the Shenandoah River in northwestern Virginia in the United States. It flows through a long lateral valley in the Appalachian Mountains on the west side of the Blue Ridge. Shenandoah River Watershed Canoeing on the Shenandoah River, near Winchester, Virginia This article is about the river in Virginia in the United States. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Appalachians in North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shining Rock Wilderness Area Appalachian Mountain system The Blue Ridge is a mountain chain in the eastern United States, part of the Appalachian Mountains, forming their eastern front from Georgia to Pennsylvania. ...


It is formed at Port Republic in southern Rockingham County, by the confluence of the North River and South River. It flows northeast in a tight meandering course, past Elkton and Shenandoah, in a valley between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Massanutten Mountain range to the west, this valley is known as Page Valley. It joins the North Fork at Front Royal, on the north end of the Massanutten Mountain range, to form the Shenandoah. Location in the state of Virginia Formed 1778 Seat Harrisonburg Area  - Total  - Water 2,210 km² (853 mi²) 6 km² (2 mi²) 0. ... Confluence of Rhine and Mosel at Koblenz In geography, a confluence describes the point where two rivers meet and become one, usually when a tributary joins a more major river. ... The North River is a river, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, in the mountains and Shenandoah Valley of northern Virginia, the United States. ... The South River is one of the two main tributaries of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. ... A meander is a bend in a river, also known as an oxbow loop. ... Elkton (formerly Conrads Store) is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. ... Shenandoah is a town located in Page County, Virginia. ... Massanutten Mountain is a mountain range that runs down the center of the Shenandoah Valley from approximately Frederick County, Virginia in the North, to its highest peak in Rockingham County, Virginia in the South. ... Page Valley The Page Valley is a small valley located between the Massanutten Mountain range and Blue Ridge Mountain range in western Virginia. ... The North Fork Shenandoah River is one of two forks, along with the South Fork, that unite to form the Shenandoah River in northwestern Virginia in the United States. ... Front Royal is a town in Warren County, Virginia, United States. ... Massanutten Mountain is a mountain range that runs down the center of the Shenandoah Valley from approximately Frederick County, Virginia in the North, to its highest peak in Rockingham County, Virginia in the South. ...


Since 2005, the South Fork Shenandoah River has experienced a series of fish kills every spring that have affected several of its native fish species. In the spring of 2005, redbreast sunfish and smallmouth bass along 100-mile stretch of the South Fork Shenandoah River began dying of lesions caused by bacteria and fungi. Although the fish kill eventually wiped-out 80% of the adult redbreast sunfish and smallmouth bass, juvenile populations appeared to be unaffected.[1] The following year more-localized fish kills in Clarke County spread to two of the Shenandoah's three species of sucker, the shorthead redhorse and the northern hogsucker - the former suffering from similar lesions witnessed in the previous year's fish kill.[2] Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality again received reports of fish kills near Elkton and between Bentonville and Front Royal in late-April 2007 and observed fish exhibiting lesions and strange behavior. [3] Binomial name Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) The redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... Binomial name Micropterus dolomieu Lacépède, 1802 The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... Binomial name (Lesueur, 1817) The shorthead redhorse, Moxostoma macrolepidotum, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent regions of Canada. ... The northern cocksucker, Africanus sukcockius, belongs to the negro family of suck it bitch. ...


References

  1. ^ Washington Post (Washington D.C.), 20 July 2005
  2. ^ Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), 7 June 2006
  3. ^ Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, "Virginia Seeks Public's Help in Fish Kill Investigation," Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, http://www.deq.state.va.us/info/srfishkill.html (accessed 20 July 2005)

External Links

  • Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - South Fork
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality - Fish Kill Task Force
  • Shenandoah Valley Pure Water Forum

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). ...

Potomac River system
Cities and towns | Bridges | Islands | Variant names The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ... This is a list of cities, towns, and communities along the Potomac River and its branches in the United States. ... This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Potomac River and its North and South branches. ... The following have been listed as variant names of the Potomac River throughout its history by the Geographic Names Information System. ...

Regions: Allegheny Front | Allegheny Mountains | Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area | Blue Ridge Mountains | Cumberland Valley | Eastern Panhandle | Northern Neck | Northern Virginia | Potomac Highlands | Ridge-and-valley Appalachians | Shenandoah Valley | Southern Maryland | Western Maryland
Tributaries: North Branch | Stony River | Abram Creek | Savage River | Georges Creek | Wills Creek | Evitts Creek | Patterson Creek | South Branch | North Fork South Branch | South Fork South Branch | Town Creek | Little Cacapon River | Fifteenmile Creek | Sideling Hill Creek | Cacapon River | Lost River | North River (West Virginia) | Tonoloway Creek | Sleepy Creek | Licking Creek | Back Creek | Little Conococheague Creek | Conococheague Creek | Opequon Creek | Antietam Creek | Shenandoah River | North Fork Shenandoah River | South Fork Shenandoah River | North River (Virginia) | South River | Catoctin Creek (Maryland) | Catoctin Creek (Virginia) | Monocacy River | Little Monocacy River | Goose Creek | Little River | Seneca Creek | Cabin John Creek | Rock Creek | Anacostia River | Sligo Creek | Four Mile Run | Oxon Creek | Hunting Creek | Piscataway Creek | Little Hunting Creek | Dogue Creek | Accotink Creek | Pohick Creek | Occoquan River | Bull Run | Neabsco Creek | Mattawoman Creek | Quantico Creek | Chopawamsic Creek | Aquia Creek | Potomac Creek | Nanjemoy Creek | Port Tobacco River | Wicomico River | Coan River | St. Marys River | Yeocomico River | Hull Creek
Lakes and reservoirs: Lake Accotink | Lake Anne | Lake Artemesia | Lake Bernard Frank | Lake Braddock | Breckenridge Reservoir | Brushy Fork Lake | Burke Lake | Dalecarlia Reservoir | Georgetown Reservoir | Jennings Randolph Lake | Kingman Lake | McMillan Reservoir | Mount Storm Lake | Lake Needwood | Sleepy Creek Lake | Stony River Reservoir | Trout Pond | Warden Lake
Dependent states: District of Columbia | Maryland | Pennsylvania | Virginia | West Virginia

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VDGIF > Fishing > Rivers > Shenandoah River - South Fork (325 words)
The South Fork Shenandoah River begins at the confluence of the North River and South River near Port Republic and flows north 97 miles to meet the North Fork Shenandoah at the Town of Front Royal.
The substrate of the river varies from bedrock to cobble and boulder.
The close proximity of the river to urban areas of Virginia and the aesthetic beauty of the valley attracts thousands of river users each year.
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