The Little Piney River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the
Piney River in
Amherst County in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
. Via the Piney and
Tye rivers, it is part of the
James River watershed.
The Little Piney River runs from the
George Washington Forest, down Page Mountain, and feeds into the
Big Piney River at the foot of the mountain. Both Piney Rivers straddle the boundaries of
Nelson County and
Amherst County.
See also
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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 ...
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Amherst County, Virginia
Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst ...
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Nelson County, Virginia
Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,775. Its county seat is Lovingston. Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistic ...
References
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
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Rivers of Virginia
Tributaries of the James River
Rivers of Amherst County, Virginia
Rivers of Nelson County, Virginia
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