Sinking Creek (New River tributary)

For the stream in Scott and Russell counties, Virginia, see Sinking Creek (Clinch River).

Sinking Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationVirginia
Basin sizeNew River

Sinking Creek is a river in the United States state of Virginia. Due to the karst topography northwest of Blacksburg, the river disappears underground and then re-emerges from springs as it flows into the New River.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sinking Creek (New River tributary)
  2. ^ Grymes, Charles. "Watersheds and Divides". Virginia Places. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Virginia (1974)
  • Salmon, Emily J.; Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr., eds. (1994). The Hornbook of Virginia History (4th ed.). Richmond, VA: Virginia Office of Graphic Communications. ISBN 0-88490-177-7.

37°18′18.45″N 80°37′16.23″W / 37.3051250°N 80.6211750°W / 37.3051250; -80.6211750


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