The Stinking River is a short
tributary
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of the
Banister River
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
in southern
Virginia
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in the
United States
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. Via the Banister and
Dan
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
** Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivo ...
Rivers, it is part of the
watershed
Watershed may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
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* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
of the
Roanoke River
The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the ...
, which flows to the
Atlantic Ocean
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. The Stinking River flows for its entire length in
Pittsylvania County
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 60,501. The county seat is Chatham.
Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical ...
.
Course
Stinking River rises about 3 miles southeast of
Sycamore, Virginia and then flows southeast to join the
Banister River
The Banister River is a tributary of the Dan River, about 65 mi (105 km) long, in southern Virginia in the United States. Via the Dan, it is part of the watershed of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. It rises on ...
about 2.5 miles south of Mt. Airy.
Watershed
Stinking River drains of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 422.79, and is about 53% forested.
See also
*
List of Virginia rivers
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, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's nam ...
*
Stinking Creek (disambiguation)
References
*
DeLorme
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(2005). ''Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .
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Rivers of Virginia
Rivers of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Tributaries of the Roanoke River
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