What is Nottoway River?
The '''Nottoway River''' is a river in [[south]]ern [[Virginia]] and [[northeast]]ern [[North Carolina]]. It is part of the [[Chowan River]] system, which flows into [[Albemarle Sound]] in North Carolina. The Virginia portion of the river has an abrupt [[fall line]].<ref name=CIV>{{cite web |url=http://virginiarivers.org/index.php/nottoway-river |title=Virginia Rivers, canoeing in Virginia; Nottoway River |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=17 May 2012 |website= |publisher=Canoeing in Virginia. |accessdate=1 July 2014 |archive-date=18 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018074530/http://virginiarivers.org/index.php/nottoway-river |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has many waterfalls, one after the other.<ref name=CIV/> Past [[Cortland, Virginia]] it joins the [[Blackwater River (Virginia)|Blackwater river]] before it flows into North Carolina. The Nottoway has large areas of [[Cypress]] [[Grove (nature)|groves]] that supports a [[logging|logging industry]]. [[Archaeologists]] have been working at a site at Cactus Hill, Virginia (about 45 miles south of [[Richmond, Virginia]]) since 1995.<ref name=AP>{{cite web |url=http://www.athenapub.com/cacthill.htm |title=Pre-Clovis Occupation on the Nottoway River in Virginia |author=Lucinda McWeeney |date=2000 |website=Athena Review Vol.2, no.3 |publisher=Athena Publications, Inc. |accessdate=1 July 2014 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032525/http://www.athenapub.com/cacthill.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The site was occupied by humans as early as 15,000 years ago.<ref name=AP/> It is one of the two earliest known places where humans lived in the eastern [[United States]].<ref name=AP/> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of North Carolina]] [[Category:Rivers of Virginia]] {{US-geo-stub}}