NOUN
- a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
- a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
How To Use James River In A Sentence
- During the melt, giant glacial rivers found drainage paths into the Mississippi watershed, creating such features as the Minnesota River, James River, and Milk River valleys.
- The opinion I have ever expressed of the advantages of a western communication through the James River, I still entertain; and that the Cayuga is the most promising of the links of communication. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4
- As they neared James River and caught sight of our gunboats, a cheer went up from each regiment.
- The boundary between the James River Lowland and the Drift Plains (46i) to the north represents a broad phenological and climatic transition zone. Ecoregions of North Dakota and South Dakota (EPA)
- The Northern papers contain a report that the larger portion of Grant's corps has recrossed from the north side of the James River, but state that he retains his position in the surrounding forts. Foreign and Colonial News
- Gen. Benjamin Butler, commander of Union forces occupying a foothold in Virginia at Fortress Monroe on the mouth of the James River, provided a legal rationale for the seizure of slave property.
