Back Creek is a
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United States
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of
Virginia
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Jackson River, part of the
James River
The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 to Chesapea ...
watershed.
See also
*
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 nam ...
References
Sources
* USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
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Rivers of Virginia
Tributaries of the James River
Rivers of Bath County, Virginia
Rivers of Highland County, Virginia
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