A hand book of Virginia . inous streams,rivulets and creeks; many of these long and of sufficient sizeto entitle them to the name of rivers. Some of these are thePotomac creek and Occoquan that flow into the Potomac; theRapid Anne that is a bold affluent of the Rappahannock; theMattapony and Pamunkey that at their confluence form theYork; the Chickahominy, Appomattox, Rivanna, Willis, Slate,Rockfish, South, North, Cowpasture and Jackson, tributariesof the James; the Dan, Otter and Pig that flow into the affluents are but a few of the hundreds of streams in everypart of the State
A hand book of Virginia . inous streams,rivulets and creeks; many of these long and of sufficient sizeto entitle them to the name of rivers. Some of these are thePotomac creek and Occoquan that flow into the Potomac; theRapid Anne that is a bold affluent of the Rappahannock; theMattapony and Pamunkey that at their confluence form theYork; the Chickahominy, Appomattox, Rivanna, Willis, Slate,Rockfish, South, North, Cowpasture and Jackson, tributariesof the James; the Dan, Otter and Pig that flow into the affluents are but a few of the hundreds of streams in everypart of the State that fall below the dimensions of rivers butwhich, in conjunction with the bolder streams, irrigate the country,furnish inexhaustible water power, supply numerous varietiesof fish, furnish channels for inland navigation, and by enliveningthe landscapes, impart a picturesqueness to the scenery on allsides. Never-failing springs of pure, sparkling water abound inevery section, many of them possessing medicinal properties of. 57 a high order. The statement is made upon high authority, thatno State possesses such an abundant supply of mineral rainfall is abundant and evenly distributed, there beingtwo sources of rain supply, one from the Atlantic by the southeastwinds and one from the gulf by the winds from the annual rainfall is 35 inches in the southwest and 55 incheson the eastern coast, the average throughout the State beingabout 43 inches. From the above statements it can easily be believed thatVirginia is one of the most abundantly watered countries uponthe face of the earth. There can scarcely be found a square mileon which there is not either a running stream or a bold is probably no other area of the worlds surface, of equaldimensions, that is so abundantly and uniformly watered. Water Power In this busy age, when every accessory of human industry iseagerly utilized, it may not be amiss to call more particularattention to the marvelous
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