Little River (New River tributary) explained

Little River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Size:300
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Floyd VA, Montgomery VA, Pulaski VA
Length:65miles
Discharge1 Location:Snowville, VA[1]
Discharge1 Min:31cuft/s
Discharge1 Avg:359cuft/s
Discharge1 Max:22800cuft/s
Source1 Location:Copper Hill, VA
Source1 Coordinates:37.0781°N -80.1117°W
Source1 Elevation:2756feet
Source2 Location:Black Ridge, Floyd County, VA
Source2 Coordinates:36.8578°N -80.3872°W
Source2 Elevation:2487feet
Source Confluence Location:Floyd County, VA
Source Confluence Coordinates:36.9708°N -80.3583°W
Source Confluence Elevation:2123feet
Mouth:New River[2]
Mouth Location:Radford, Virginia, VA
Mouth Coordinates:37.0819°N -80.5778°W
Mouth Elevation:1795feet
Tributaries Left:Big Laurel Creek, Burks Run, Big Indian Creek
Tributaries Right:Big Branch, Brush Creek, Camp Creek, Dodd Creek

The Little River, a tributary of the New River, is approximately 65 miles long in southwest Virginia in the United States.

It rises in two forks in Floyd County near the Blue Ridge Parkway. It flows NNW along the Floyd/Montgomery County line and then along the Pulaski/Montgomery County line and joins the New River just downstream from the Claytor Lake dam in Pulaski County near the city of Radford.

The middle and lower portion of this very scenic waterway is suitable for paddling mostly in the spring or after heavy rains. There are several Class 1,2 rapids and two class 3 rapids and one fairly treacherous Class 4 rapid. Portions are stocked with trout by the Virginia Division of Game and Inland Fisheries.

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References

  1. Web site: Water-Data Report 2011 - 03170000 LITTLE RIVER AT GRAYSONTOWN, VA . wdr.water.usgs.gov . 2011-12-15.
  2. Web site: EarthTools - Find places, latitude/Longitude, sunrise/Sunset, elevation, local time and time zones . 2010-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130129075134/http://www.earthtools.org/ . 2013-01-29 ., accessed 2011-12-15