James River
The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County 348 miles to the Chesapeake Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “James Revier”, “Jeames River”, “King James River”, “King’s River”, “Kings River”, “Powhatan”, “Powhatan Flu”, “Powhatan’s River”, “Powhattan River”, and “Riviere de James”
- Historically known as: “Fluvanna River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newport News and Crittenden.
Newport News
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Newport News is a city in Virginia in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It's on the James River, and much of the area has been developed into a city starting in the late 19th century.
Crittenden
Suburb
Crittenden is an unincorporated community in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 17 just south of its crossing of Chuckatuck Creek. Crittenden is situated 3½ miles southwest of James River.
Carrollton
Photo: Tony Alter, CC BY 2.0.
Carrollton, Virginia is a community in South Hampton Roads, near the southern end of the James River Bridge across from Newport News. Carrollton has experienced growth as a bedroom community.
James River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Swedish: “James River, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Jamesfloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเจมส์”
- Ukrainian: “Джеймс (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Джеймс”
- Urdu: “دریائے جیمز”
- Venetian: “James”
- Vietnamese: “Sông James”
- Welsh: “Afon James”
- Western Frisian: “James”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lassiter Court and Eclipse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel and Nansemond River.
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