The Moormans River is a short tributary of the South Fork of the Rivanna River in central Virginia in the United States. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Rivanna River is a Tributary of the James River, about 50 mi (80 km long 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 Rivanna and James Rivers, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay. 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 Moorman's 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 "Moormans 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 The river was named for Charles Moorman, who in 1735 patented 400 acres (1. 6 km²) of land in what was then Goochland County, at the junction of the Mechum and (now) Moorman Rivers.
Course
The Moormans River flows for its entire length in northwestern Albemarle County. Albemarle County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains as two streams, its north and south forks, which flow through Shenandoah National Park. The Blue Ridge, or Blue Ridge Mountains, is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U Below their confluence in a small reservoir serving Charlottesville, the river flows generally eastwardly. A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use Charlottesville is an Independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States It joins the Mechums River to form the South Fork of the Rivanna River about 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Charlottesville. The Mechums River is a short Tributary of the South Fork of the Rivanna River in central Virginia in the United States.
The river's largest tributary is the Doyles River. The Doyles River is a short Tributary of the Moormans River in central Virginia in the 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: Moormans River
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