Craig Creek (also known as Craig's Creek or Craigs Creek) is an
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the
James River in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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. It flows through the
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
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in western Virginia, passing northwest of
Roanoke.
Craig Creek rises in
Montgomery County, Virginia
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, northwest of
Blacksburg, in a valley between the parallel long ridges of Brush Mountain and Sinking Creek Mountain. It flows northeast into
Craig County, passing the village of Webbs Mill. Turning north, the creek passes the town of
New Castle at the eastern end of Sinking Creek Mountain, then continues generally northeast, though making continuous large
incised meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
s, into
Botetourt County
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, where it joins the James River just upstream from the town of
Eagle Rock.
See also
*
List of rivers of Virginia
References
*
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
*
Rivers of Virginia
Tributaries of the James River
Rivers of Botetourt County, Virginia
Bodies of water of Craig County, Virginia
Rivers of Montgomery County, Virginia
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