A river, about 547 km (340 mi) long, rising in central Virginia and flowing eastward to Chesapeake Bay. The river is navigable to Richmond for large craft.
James River
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- Newport News (independent city of southeast Virginia)
- Chickahominy (river, Virginia)
- James River and Kanawha Company (American history)
- Belle Isle
- George Percy (literature)
- Fort James Corporation
- James River Coal Co
- Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (American military leader)
- Specialty Coatings Inc
- William Byrd (1652–1704, English planter in colonial Virginia)
