The South River is a
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Maury River
The Maury River is a tributary of the James River in west-central Virginia in the United States. It is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
Course
The Maury flows for its entire length in Rockbridge County. It is formed near Goshen by the ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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. It is part of the
James River watershed.
It rises southwest of Lofton in
Augusta County, Virginia, near the western base of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
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, and quickly receives the
Saint Marys River coming out of the mountains from the east. Entering
Rockbridge County near the village of Vesuvius, the South River continues to flow southwest and joins the Maury River between
Lexington and
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.
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 Augusta County, Virginia
Rivers of Rockbridge County, Virginia
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