1. Watersheds and Resources in Virginia

2. Virginia’s resources
Virginia offers multiple natural resources in each province.

3. Coastal Plain resources
Timber
Agriculture
Sand and Gravel from deposition of sediment
Ocean and bay provide opportunities for recreation and jobs
seafood

4. Piedmont Agriculture Gold in narrow vein through PWC to Orange co.
Marble (construction)
Slate (construction)
Crushed stone

5. Blue Ridge Agriculture Recreation (skiing, hiking) Feldspar (pottery)
Iron
Pyrite (explosives)
Crushed stone

6. Valley and Ridge Agriculture (chickens, livestock) Lime (cement)
Gypsum (drywall)

7. Appalachian plateau
Coal
Natural gas

8. Watersheds of Virginia
9 major watersheds
Potomac-Shenandoah river
Rappahanock
York
James
Chowan
Roanoke
New
Tennessee
Big sandy

9. Watershed
Watershed is all land associated with a body of water in which water will drain into.

11. Potomac-Shenandoah River
Northern Section of Virginia.
Feeds into Chesapeake Bay
Starts in ridge and valley and ends in coastal plain

12. Rappahanock Feeds into Chesapeake Bay. West of Fredericksburg
Starts in Blue Ridge and ends in coastal plain

13. York Small watershed, north of Richmond, runs into Bay.
Starts in Blue Ridge, ends in coastal plain
Part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed

14. James River Watershed Largest Watershed in Virginia
Starts at West Virginia border goes through Richmond.
Drains into Chesapeake Bay.
Starts in Ridge and Valley, ends in coastal plain

15. Tennessee River Watershed
Drains into the Gulf of Mexico
Found in western ridge and valley as well as Appalachian plateau.

16. New River Watershed Drains north into W. VA
only river to flow North in Virginia.
Found in ridge and valley only

17. Chowan Found in southeastern ridge and valley, ends in coastal plain
Feeds into the North Carolina Sounds watershed

18. Roanoke River Watershed
Feeds into the North Carolina Sounds watershed
Lake Gaston is found in this watershed.
Found in southern ridge and valley only

19. Watersheds Summary:
Coastal Plains – streams from the Chowan, James, York, Rappahannock, and the
Potomac-Shenandoah become wide estuaries as they approach the Chesapeake Bay.
Piedmont – contains large areas of the James watershed, the Chowan, York, Rappahannock, and the Potomac-Shenandoah
Blue Ridge – contains watersheds of Roanoke, James, and Rappahannock in some areas
Valley and Ridge – contains the New watershed, James, and Potomac-Shenandoah
Appalachian Plateau – Big Sandy and Tennessee watershed are located here.