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Shenandoah River
Crossing the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Shenandoah River drainage basin
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia, West Virginia
TownsHarpers Ferry, WV, Front Royal, VA, Luray, VA
Physical characteristics
SourceNorth Fork
 • locationShenandoah Mountain
2nd sourceSouth Fork
 • locationPort Republic
Source confluence 
 • locationFront Royal, VA
MouthPotomac River
 • location
Harpers Ferry
 • coordinates
39°19′21″N 77°43′40″W / 39.3226009°N 77.7277704°W / 39.3226009; -77.7277704[1]
 • elevation
246 ft (75 m)[1]
Length56 mi (90 km)
Basin size2,937 sq mi (7,610 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationMillville, WV[2]
 • average2,755 cu ft/s (78.0 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftNorth Fork (Shenandoah River)
 • rightSouth Fork (Shenandoah River)

The Shenandoah River /ˌʃɛnənˈdə/ is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each,[3] in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. The river and its tributaries drain the central and lower Shenandoah Valley and the Page Valley in the Appalachians on the west side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in northwestern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.[1] There is a hydroelectric plant along the Shenandoah river constructed in 2014 by Dominion.

  1. ^ a b c "Shenandoah River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "USGS 01636500 Shenandoah at Millville, WV" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1895–2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011

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