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Roanoke
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ROANOKE RIVER
Length: 410 miles (660 kilometers)
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The following Roanoke River businesses are listed by River Mile-marker (RM) going upstream.
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The Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina rises along the borders of east Montgomery, west Roanoke and northeast Floyd counties and is formed by the joining of North and South forks of Roanoke River east of Christiansburg in southwest Virginia. It flows in a circular course, briefly northwest, then east past Salem and Roanoke, through the Blue Ridge Mountains, generally southeast through Smith Mountain Lake and Leesville Lake reservoirs, through Bugg Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir), Lake Gaston reservoir (where it enters northeast North Carolina), and Roanoke Rapids Lake reservoir. It then flows past Roanoke Rapids City, Williamston, and Plymouth, turns briefly northease and enters Batchelor Bay section of Albemarle Sound, arm of Atlantic Ocean - 7 miles northeast of Plymouth and just south of the mouth of Chowan River in Virginia - also known as Staunton River - navigable for small crafts.
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Lakes on the Roanoke River
(in order of flow)
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Lake Name
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Full Pool
(MSL)
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Acres
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Map
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Smith Mountain
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795.0
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20,400
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