Nottoway River

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The Nottoway River is a waterway in southeastern Virginia known for flowing past the ancient Cactus Hill archaeological site, one of the earliest known human occupation sites in North America.

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Nottoway River canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Nottoway people ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainsInto Albemarle Sound (via Chowan River) ⓘ
flowsGenerallyToward southeast ⓘ
flowsPast Cactus Hill archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Cactus Hill site
flowsThrough Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
Greensville County, Virginia ⓘ
Nottoway County, Virginia ⓘ
Southampton County, Virginia ⓘ
Sussex County, Virginia ⓘ
formsBorderBetween North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
hasAlternateClassification blackwater river ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance associated with early human occupation evidence at Cactus Hill ⓘ
hasEcosystemType freshwater river ecosystem ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern subject to water quality and habitat conservation efforts ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Nottoway people ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Courtland, Virginia ⓘ
Jarratt, Virginia ⓘ
Stony Creek, Virginia ⓘ
hasNotableSiteOnBanks Cactus Hill archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Cactus Hill site
hasRecreationalFishSpecies catfish ⓘ
largemouth bass ⓘ
sunfish ⓘ
hasState North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
hasWaterBodyType river ⓘ
hasWatershed Nottoway River watershed ⓘ
isPartOfHydrologicUnit Chowan River basin ⓘ
linked to: Chowan River
knownFor proximity to Cactus Hill, one of the earliest known human occupation sites in North America ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern North Carolina ⓘ
south-central Virginia ⓘ
southeastern Virginia ⓘ
mouthCountry United States ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Chowan River ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
riverSystem Chowan River system ⓘ
tributaryOf Chowan River ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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