Roanoke River

The Roanoke River runs 410 miles long through southern and northeastern in the . 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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  • Type: 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”, and “Stauntons River

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth.

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is the most populous town in , United States. The population was 3,320 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washington County.

Roanoke River

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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Satellite Map

Discover Roanoke River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Roanoke River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر رونوك
  • Armenian: Ռոանոկ գետ
  • Armenian: Ռոանոկ
  • Asturian: Ríu Roanoke
  • Bulgarian: Роаноук (река)
  • Bulgarian: Роаноук
  • Catalan: Roanoke
  • Cebuano: Roanoke River
  • Chinese: 罗阿诺克河
  • Chuvash: Роанок
  • Czech: Roanoke (řeka)
  • Czech: Roanoke
  • Danish: Roanoke River
  • Dutch: Roanoke River
  • Dutch: Roanoke rivier
  • Dutch: Roanoke
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر روانوك
  • French: Roanoke
  • German: Roanoke River
  • German: Staunton River
  • Irish: Abhainn Roanoke
  • Italian: Roanoke
  • Japanese: ロアノーク川
  • Kirghiz: Роанок
  • Korean: 로어노크강
  • Lithuanian: Roanokas
  • Mingrelian: როანოკი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: როანოკი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Roanoke River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Roanoke
  • Norwegian: Roanoke
  • Piemontese: Roanoke (fium)
  • Piemontese: Roanoke
  • Polish: Roanoke
  • Portuguese: Rio Roanoke
  • Russian: Роанок
  • Slovenian: reka Roanoke
  • Slovenian: reka Stauton
  • Slovenian: Roanoke River
  • Slovenian: Roanoke
  • Slovenian: Staunton River
  • Slovenian: Stauton
  • South Azerbaijani: روانوکه چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Roanoke
  • Spanish: Río Roanoke
  • Swedish: Roanoke River
  • Ukrainian: Роанок (річка)
  • Ukrainian: Роанок
  • Venetian: Roanoke
  • Welsh: Afon Roanoke

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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