What is Rappahannock River?
{{Infobox river | name = Rappahannock River | image = Rappahannock River 2008.jpg | image_caption = The Rappahannock at sunset | source1_location = [[Chester Gap]] | mouth_location = [[Chesapeake Bay]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = [[Virginia]] | subdivision_type3 = Counties | subdivision_name3 = [[Lancaster County, Virginia|Lancaster]], [[Middlesex County, Virginia|Middlesex]], [[Essex County, Virginia|Essex]], [[Richmond County, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland]], [[King George County, Virginia|King George]], [[Caroline County, Virginia|Caroline]], [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]], [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania]], [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper]], [[Fauquier County, Virginia|Fauquier]], [[Rappahannock County, Virginia|Rappahannock]] | subdivision_type4 = City | subdivision_name4 = [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]] | length = {{convert|195|mi}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1720|ft|m}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|1670|cuft/s|m3/s}}<ref>[http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?01668000 USGS data], accessed 2010-06-14</ref> | basin_size = {{convert|2,848|sqmi|abbr=on}} }} The '''Rappahannock River''' is a river in [[east]]ern [[Virginia]], in the [[United States]]. It is about {{convert|195|mi}} in length.<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823134302/https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2017-08-23 }}, accessed April 1, 2011</ref> It crosses the entire [[north]]ern part of the state, from the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] in the [[west]], across the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]], to the [[Chesapeake Bay]], south of the [[Potomac River]]. The river drains an area of {{convert|2,848|sqmi|km2