The Southern Branch Elizabeth River is a ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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. It flows from south to north through the city of

Chesapeake Chesapeake often refers to: *Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian * The Chesapeake, a.k.a. Chesapeake Bay *Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula Chesapeake may also refer to: Populated plac ...

and forms the boundary between the cities of

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and Chesapeake for its northernmost . It is a tributary of the Elizabeth River, connecting to the harbor of

Hampton Roads Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James River, James, Nansemond River, Nansemond and Elizabeth River (Virginia), Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's ...

to the north. It is part of the

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of the Atlantic coast of the United States, connecting by it to the

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, which flows into

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References

* *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974) * Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Portsmouth, Virginia Bodies of water of Chesapeake, Virginia {{Virginia-river-stub