This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.

By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries alphabetically indented under each larger stream's name.

Eastern Shore

• Pocomoke River
• Machipongo River

Chesapeake Bay

Potomac Drainage Basin

• Potomac River
  • Hull Creek
  • Coan River
  • Yeocomico River
    • Northwest Yeocomico River
    • South Yeocomico River
    • West Yeocomico River
  • Pope's Creek (Virginia)
  • Mattox Creek
  • Potomac Creek
  • Aquia Creek
  • Chopawamsic Creek
  • Quantico Creek
  • Neabsco Creek
  • Occoquan River
    • Bull Run
  • Pohick Creek
  • Accotink Creek
  • Dogue Creek
  • Hunting Creek
  • Goose Creek
    • Little River
  • Catoctin Creek
    • North Fork Catoctin Creek
    • South Fork Catoctin Creek

Shenandoah Drainage Basin

• • Shenandoah River
    • North Fork Shenandoah River
      • Passage Creek
      • Cedar Creek
      • Smith Creek
      • Shoemaker River
      • Little Dry River
      • German River
        • Cold Spring River
    • South Fork Shenandoah River
      • South River
        • Christians Creek
      • Middle River
      • North River
        • Dry River
        • Little River
  • Opequon Creek
    • Abrams Creek
  • Back Creek
    • Hogue Creek
    • Isaacs Creek
  • Sleepy Creek
  • South Branch Potomac River
• Little Wicomico River
• Great Wicomico River

Rappahannock Drainage Basin

• Rappahannock River
  • Corrotoman River
  • Piscataway Creek
  • Rapidan River
    • Robinson River
      • Rose River
    • South River
    • Conway River
    • Staunton River
  • Hazel River
    • Thornton River
      • Rush River
        • Covington River
      • Piney River
    • Hughes River
  • Jordan River
• Piankatank River
  • Dragon Swamp
• East River
• North River
• Ware River
• Severn River

York Drainage Basin

• York River
  • Perrin River
  • Poropotank River
  • Mattaponi River
    • South River
      • Motto River
    • Matta River
      • Mat River
      • Ta River
    • Poni River
      • Po River
      • Ni River
  • Pamunkey River
    • South Anna River
      • Newfound River
    • North Anna River
      • Little River
      • Pamunkey Creek
• Poquoson River
• Back River
  • Harris River
• Hampton Roads
  • Hampton River
  • Elizabeth River
    • Lafayette River
    • Eastern Branch Elizabeth River
      • Indian River
    • Southern Branch Elizabeth River
    • Western Branch Elizabeth River

James Drainage Basin

• • James River
    • • Hoffler Creek
      • Knotts Creek
    • Nansemond River
      • Bennett's Creek
    • Chuckatuck Creek
      • Brewers Creek
    • Pagan River
    • Warwick River
    • Chickahominy River
    • Appomattox River
      • Swift Creek
      • Namozine Creek
      • Deep Creek
      • Flat Creek
      • Bush River
        • Sandy River
      • Buffalo Creek
    • Powhite Creek
    • Willis River
      • Little Willis River
    • Rivanna River
      • North Fork Rivanna River
        • Lynch River
          • Roach River
      • South Fork Rivanna River
        • Mechums River
        • Moormans River
          • Doyles River
    • Slate River
      • North River
    • Hardware River
    • Rockfish River
    • Buffalo River
      • Tye River
        • Piney River
          • Little Piney River
    • Pedlar River
    • Maury River
      • Buffalo Creek
        • North Buffalo Creek
        • South Buffalo Creek
      • South River
        • Saint Marys River
      • Little Calfpasture River
      • Calfpasture River
    • Cedar Creek
    • Craig Creek
    • Cowpasture River
      • Bullpasture River
    • Jackson River
      • Dunlap Creek
      • Back Creek
• Lynnhaven River

Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay

• North Landing River
  • Pocaty River
• Northwest River

Chowan Drainage Basin

• Chowan River (NC)
  • Meherrin River
    • Fontaine Creek
    • North Meherrin River
    • South Meherrin River
      • Middle Meherrin River
  • Blackwater River
  • Nottoway River
    • Three Creek
    • Rowanty Creek
    • Stony Creek
    • Little Nottoway River

Roanoke Drainage Basin

• Roanoke River (or Staunton River)
  • Dan River
    • Hyco River
    • Banister River
      • Sandy Creek
      • Stinking River
    • Sandy River
    • Smith River
    • Mayo River
      • Mayo River
      • Mayo River
    • Little Dan River
      • Browns Dan River
  • Roanoke Creek
  • Club Creek
  • Falling River
    • Little Falling River
  • Seneca River
  • Otter River
    • Big Otter River
    • Little Otter River
  • Goose Creek
  • Pigg River
  • Blackwater River
• Pee Dee River (NC)
  • Yadkin River (NC)
    • Ararat River
    • Fisher River

Ohio Drainage Basin

• Ohio River (KY,WV)
  • Big Sandy River (KY)
    • Levisa Fork River
      • Russell Fork River
        • Pound River
          • Cranesnest River
        • McClure River
    • Tug Fork River
      • Dry Fork

New River Drainage Basin

• • Kanawha River (WV)
    • New River
      • Bluestone River
      • East River
      • Wolf Creek
      • Walker Creek
      • Sinking Creek
      • Little River
      • Reed Island Creek
      • Reed Creek
      • Criple Creek
      • Chestnut Creek

Tennessee Drainage Basin

Clinch Drainage Basin

• Tennessee River (TN)
  • Clinch River
    • Powell River
    • North Fork Clinch River
    • Guest River
    • Little River
  • Holston River (TN)
    • North Fork Holston River
    • South Fork Holston River
      • Middle Fork Holston River

Alphabetically

Appomattox River

Ararat River

Back Creek

Back River

Banister River

Big Otter River

Blackwater River (City of Franklin)

Blackwater River (Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex Counties)

Bluestone River

Browns Dan River

Buffalo Creek

Bullpasture River

Bush River

Catoctin Creek

Calfpasture River

Chickahominy River

Clinch River

Coan River

Cold Spring River

Conway River

Corrotoman River

Covington River

Cowpasture River

Cranesnest River

Dan River

Doyles River

Dry River

Eastern Branch Elizabeth River

East River (Giles County)

East River (Mathews County)

Elizabeth River

Falling River

Fisher River

German River

Great Wicomico River

Guest River

Hampton River

Hardware River

Harris River

Hazel River

Hughes River

Hyco River

Indian River

Jackson River

James River

Jordan River

Lafayette River

Levisa Fork River

Little Calfpasture River

Little Dan River

Little Dry River

Little Falling River

Little Nottoway River

Little Otter River

Little Piney River

Little River (Fauquier and Loudoun Counties)

Little River (Augusta County)

Little River (Floyd, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties)

Little River (Russell and Tazewell Counties)

Little River (Hanover and Louisa Counties)

Little Wicomico River

Little Willis River

Lynch River

Lynnhaven River

McClure River

Machipongo River

Mat River

Matta River

Mattaponi River

Maury River

Mayo River

Mechums River

Meherrin River

Middle Fork Holston River

Middle Meherrin River

Middle River

Moormans River

Motto River

Nansemond River

New River

Newfound River

Ni River

North Anna River

North Fork Clinch River

North Fork Holston River

North Fork Shenandoah River

North Landing River

North Mayo River

North Meherrin River

North River (Augusta and Rockingham Counties)

North River (Buckingham County)

North River (Gloucester and Mathews Counties)

Northwest River

Northwest Yeocomico River

Nottoway River

Occoquan River

Opequon Creek

Otter River

Pagan River

Pamunkey River

Pedlar River

Perrin River

Piankatank River

Pigg River

Piney River (Amherst and Nelson Counties)

Piney River (Rappahannock County)

Po River

Pocaty River

Pocomoke River

Poni River

Poquoson River

Poropotank River

Potomac River

Pound River

Powell River

Quantico Creek

Rapidan River

Rappahannock River

Rivanna River

Roach River

Roanoke River (or Staunton River)

Robinson River

Rockfish River

Rose River

Rush River

Russell Fork River

Saint Marys River

Sandy River (Pittsylvania County, City of Danville)

Sandy River (Prince Edward County)

Severn River

Shenandoah River

Shoemaker River

Sinking Creek

Slate River

Smith River

South Anna River

South Branch Potomac River

South Buffalo Creek

Southern Branch Elizabeth River

South Fork Clinch River

South Fork Holston River

South Fork Shenandoah River

South Mayo River

South Meherrin River

South River (Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties)

South River (Rockbridge and Augusta Counties)

South River (Greene County)

South River (Augusta and Rockingham Counties)

South Yeocomico River

Staunton River (Madison County)

Staunton River (or Roanoke River)

Stinking River

Ta River

Thornton River

Tug Fork River

Tye River

Ware River

Warwick River

Western Branch Elizabeth River

West Yeocomico River

Wicomico River

Willis River

Yeocomico River

York River

See also

• List of rivers in the United States

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)

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