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james river

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American A major river in the U.S. state of Virginia that flows 348 miles from the Appalachian Mountains past Richmond and Jamestown into the Chesapeake Bay.


2

American A 710-mile-long tributary of the Missouri River that flows southward through the U.S. states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of James river. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/james-river
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