Dan River

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View of the Dan River, Danville, Virginia

The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km)[1] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it goes back into Virginia. It reenters North Carolina near the border between Caswell County and Rockingham County. It flows into northern Caswell County and then back into southern Virginia and finally into Kerr Reservoir on the Roanoke River. Name of the river comes from Eastern Sioux (Saura, etc.) word for otter, "ptan", which sounds like "Dan" in pronunciation.[citation needed]

A variant name is South Branch Roanoke River.[2]

Coal ash spill

In 2014, tens of thousands of tons of coal ash spilled into the Dan River near Eden, NC from a closed North Carolina coal-fired power plant that is owned by Duke Energy.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 14, 2011. 
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dan River
  3. ↑ "Tons of coal ash spill into North Carolina river". Los Angeles Times. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-02-05. 

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Coordinates: 36°39′22″N 78°35′55″W / 36.65611°N 78.59861°W / 36.65611; -78.59861


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