Shenandoah River
| Shenandoah River | ||
 Shenandoah drainage area (left West Virginia , right below Virginia , right above Maryland ) |
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| Data | ||
| location | Virginia and West Virginia , United States of America | |
| River system | Potomac River | |
| Drain over | Potomac River → Chesapeake Bay | |
| source | The confluence of South Fork and North Fork at Front Royal 38 ° 56 ′ 39 ″ N , 78 ° 11 ′ 19 ″ W |
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| Source height | 305 m | |
| muzzle | at Harpers Ferry from the right into the Potomac River Coordinates: 39 ° 19 ′ 21 ″ N , 77 ° 43 ′ 40 ″ W 39 ° 19 ′ 21 ″ N , 77 ° 43 ′ 40 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height | 76 m | |
| Height difference | 229 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.95 ‰ | |
| length | 241 km | |
 Shenandoah River, southwest of Front Royal |
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The Shenandoah is a right tributary of the Potomac River , approximately 150 miles long, in the US states of Virginia and West Virginia . As the main tributary of the Potomac, it drains the lateral valleys of the Appalachians west of the Blue Ridge Mountains .
The bedrock of the Shenandoah river valley consists of limestone . The karst landscape is popular with tourists. The river is also known from the American folk song Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you… . He is also mentioned in John Denver's song Country Roads . Shenandoah is also the original US title of the feature film The Man from the Great River .
