The Doyles River is a short tributary of the Moormans River in central Virginia in the United States. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Moormans River is a short Tributary of the South Fork of the Rivanna River in central Virginia in the United States. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Via the Moormans, Rivanna and James Rivers, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay. The Rivanna River is a Tributary of the James River, about 50 mi (80 km long in central Virginia in the United States. The James River in the US state of Virginia is a long River, including its Jackson River source A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Chesapeake Bay is the largest Estuary in the United States.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as the Doyle River. The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Doyles River" as the stream's official name in 1933. The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN is a United States federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic
Course
The Doyles River flows for its entire length in northwestern Albemarle County. Albemarle County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It rises in Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows generally southwardly to its confluence with the Moormans River, about 11 mi (18 km) northwest of Charlottesville. Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division Charlottesville is an Independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States
See also
Sources
- DeLorme (2005). This is a list of rivers in the US state of Virginia. By Drainage Basin This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective DeLorme is a leading provider of business-to-business and consumer mapping and GPS products and technologies based in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-326-5.
- USGS GNIS: Doyles River