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The South River is one of the two main
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of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. It begins south of
Waynesboro, Virginia Waynesboro (formerly Flack) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is a principal city of the Staunton-Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waynesboro is located in the Shenandoah Valley and is surrounded by Augusta Cou ...
, and flows northward to Port Republic, where it merges with the North River to form the South Fork. The river is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
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Communities along the route

The South River flows through Stuarts Draft, Waynesboro, Dooms, Crimora, Harriston,
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, and Port Republic.


Ecology

In Waynesboro, the
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(now Invista) plant and others polluted the river with
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."Mercury Still Stains South River", ''The Daily News Record'', April 5, 2008 The South River in Waynesboro is one of two urban fisheries in the state. There is a fish consumption advisory (mercury) for all species in South River, except for trout. It is recommended by the Virginia Department of Health that no fish be eaten from this river except trout. For more information go to: Virginia Department of Health at: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/Epidemiology/dee/PublicHealthToxicology/Advisories/


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 ...


References


External links


Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries


Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Augusta County, Virginia Rivers of Rockingham County, Virginia Waynesboro, Virginia Tributaries of the Shenandoah River {{Virginia-river-stub