Roanoke River

The Roanoke River runs 410 miles long through southern and northeastern in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the southeast across the Piedmont to .
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in Virginia and North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as
    “Hocomawanach”
    “Hocomawananck River”
    “Konentcheneke”
    “Korenoke River”
    “Morattico River”
    “Moratuc River”
    “Moratuck”
    “Noratake River”
    “Occaneechi River”
    “River of Death”
    “Roanoak River”
    “Roanoake River”
    “Roanok River”
    “Rorenock River”
    “Rorenoek River”
    “Runoke River”
    “Shawan River”
    “Staunton River”
    “Stauntons River”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth.
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Roanoke River

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Latitude
35.94238° or 35° 56′ 33″ north
Longitude
-76.69494° or 76° 41′ 42″ west
Open location code
8775W8R4+X2
Geo­Names ID
4488237
Wiki­data ID
Q1584933

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Roanoke River” goes by many names.
نهر رونوكArabic
ՌոանոկArmenian
Ռոանոկ գետArmenian
Ríu RoanokeAsturian
РоанакBelarusian
Роанак (рака)Belarusian
РоаноукBulgarian
Роаноук (река)Bulgarian
RoanokeCatalan
Roanoke RiverCebuano
罗阿诺克河Chinese
РоанокChuvash
RoanokeCzech
Roanoke (řeka)Czech
Roanoke RiverDanish
RoanokeDutch
Roanoke RiverDutch
Roanoke rivierDutch
نهر روانوكEgyptian Arabic
RoanokeFrench
Roanoke RiverGerman
Staunton RiverGerman
Abhainn RoanokeIrish
RoanokeItalian
ロアノーク川Japanese
РоанокKirghiz
로어노크강Korean
RoanokasLithuanian
როანოკიMingrelian
როანოკი (წყარმალუ)Mingrelian
RoanokeNorwegian
RoanokeNorwegian Bokmål
Roanoke RiverNorwegian Bokmål
RoanokePiemontese
Roanoke (fium)Piemontese
RoanokePolish
Rio RoanokePortuguese
РоанокRussian
reka RoanokeSlovenian
reka StautonSlovenian
RoanokeSlovenian
Roanoke RiverSlovenian
Staunton RiverSlovenian
StautonSlovenian
روانوکه چاییSouth Azerbaijani
Río RoanokeSpanish
Roanoke RiverSwedish
РоанокUkrainian
Роанок (річка)Ukrainian
RoanokeVenetian
Afon RoanokeWelsh

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