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Piankatank River

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Length
  
39 km

Country
  
United States of America

Source
  
Dragon Swamp

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The Piankatank River is a 24.4-mile-long (39.3 km) river in the U.S. state of Virginia. Located on the Middle Peninsula, between the Rappahannock and York rivers, it was the site of numerous actions during the American Civil War.

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Map of Piankatank River, Virginia, USA

The Piankatank is primarily a tidal river of the Chesapeake Bay. The head of the river meets with the mouth of Dragon Swamp. Bordered by Mathews and Gloucester counties to the south and Middlesex County to the north, the Piankatank is crossed only by Virginia State Route 3 approximately 8 miles (13 km) upriver of its mouth.

References

Piankatank River Wikipedia