James River

The James River is a river in that begins in the and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles to the .
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  • Stream
  • …was formerly known as “Fluvanna River”
  • Description: river in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as
    “James His River”
    “James Revier”
    “Jeames River”
    “King James River”
    “King’s River”
    “Powhatan”
    “Powhatan Flu”
    “Powhatan River”
    “Powhatan’s River”
    “Powhattan River”
    “Riviere de James”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport News and Crittenden.
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is a city in in the metropolitan area.
is an unincorporated community in the… is situated 3½ miles southwest of James River.
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, is a community in South…

James River

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Latitude
36.94154° or 36° 56′ 30″ north
Longitude
-76.44356° or 76° 26′ 37″ west
Open location code
8785WHR4+JH
Geo­Names ID
4766473
Wiki­data ID
Q422487

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“James River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر جيمس”
  • Asturian: “Ríu James”
  • Basque: “James ibaia (Virginia)”
  • Basque: “James ibaia”
  • Bengali: “জেমস নদী”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеймс (река във Вирджиния)”
  • Bulgarian: “Джеймс”
  • Catalan: “James (riu)”
  • Catalan: “riu James (Virgínia)”
  • Catalan: “riu James”
  • Cebuano: “James River”
  • Chinese: “詹姆斯河”
  • Czech: “James”
  • Danish: “James River”
  • Dutch: “James River”
  • Dutch: “James”
  • Dutch: “Jamesrivier”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيمس”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero James”
  • Estonian: “Jamesi jõgi”
  • French: “James River”
  • German: “James River”
  • Greek: “Ποταμός Τζέιμς”
  • Hebrew: “ג’יימס”
  • Inari Sami: “Jamesjuuhâ”
  • Irish: “Abhainn James”
  • Italian: “fiume James”
  • Italian: “James”
  • Japanese: “ジェームズ川”
  • Japanese: “ジェイムズ川”
  • Korean: “제임스강”
  • Lithuanian: “Džeimsas”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯეიმსი (ვირჯინია)”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯეიმსი”
  • Northern Sami: “Jamesjohka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “James”
  • Norwegian: “James River”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Iacobus Ēa”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “James Eā”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “James Ēa”
  • Persian: “رود جیمز”
  • Polish: “James”
  • Polish: “Rzeka James”
  • Portuguese: “Rio James”
  • Russian: “Джеймс (Виргиния)”
  • Russian: “Джеймс (река)”
  • Russian: “Джеймс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “James”
  • Skolt Sami: “Jamesjokk”
  • Slovenian: “James River”
  • Slovenian: “James”
  • Slovenian: “reka James”
  • Spanish: “Rio James”
  • Spanish: “río James”
  • Spanish: “Río James”
  • Swedish: “James River, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Jamesfloden”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำเจมส์”
  • Ukrainian: “Джеймс (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Джеймс”
  • Urdu: “دریائے جیمز”
  • Venetian: “James”
  • Vietnamese: “sông James”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông James”
  • Welsh: “Afon James”
  • Western Frisian: “James”

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