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accessed June 13, 2011 tributary of the

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in southwestern

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and southeastern

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in the

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. Known for its whitewater, it rises in the

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, in southern Buchanan County at the base of

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, and flows northwest into Dickenson County. The Russell Fork continues to flow through the town of

Haysi, Virginia Haysi ( ) is a town in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. The population was 498 at the 2010 census, up from 186 at the 2000 census, over which time period the town's area tripled. History Haysi is located at the confluence of Russell P ...

, the

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, and the town of

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, in Pike County, where it flows into the Levisa Fork which, together with the

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, form the Big Sandy River.

References

*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) *

External links

Russell Fork Info
{{authority control Rivers of Virginia Landforms of Dickenson County, Virginia Rivers of Kentucky Rivers of Pike County, Kentucky

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