Swift Creek is a
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U.S. state
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of
Virginia
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. It rises west of
Richmond
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in
Powhatan County near
U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic Ocean coast in Virginia.
The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the ...
and travels southeast through Powhatan County and into
Chesterfield County southwest of Hallsboro. Swift Creek flows to the north side of the
Swift Creek Reservoir. After a series of twists and turns it courses into
Pocahontas State Park, where it then forms Swift Creek Lake. After flowing out of Pocahontas State Park and into southeastern Chesterfield County, it eventually forms the northern boundary of
Colonial Heights, where it joins the
Appomattox River
The Appomattox River is a tributary of the James River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 in central and eastern Virginia in the Unite ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Virginia
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 na ...
References
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
*
Rivers of Virginia
Tributaries of the James River
Bodies of water of Powhatan County, Virginia
Colonial Heights, Virginia
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