what direction do the rivers of virginia flow to the ocean?

Question

my son if having trouble with the answer to a ? at school he think one way and teacher another. I would be grateful for the answer

Answer 1

There are plenty of rivers that travel south,across the border into North Carolina.Once there, they merge with other rivers and make their way east.

A map of the hydrography of Virginia shows the rivers run in different directions - they don't all flow south, or "down the map." Rain falling in Southwest Virginia ends up flowing though Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia to the Ohio River, then down the Mississippi River to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. When the clouds move just a little further to the north or east, the rainfall will run downhill in the other direction. It can follow the Roanoke River watershed to Albemarle/Pamlico Sound, or the James River/Potomac River watersheds to the Chesapeake Bay.

Answer 2

Downhill.
The ocean is to the east of Virginia, but the compass direction would vary depending on the source of the river.

Answer 3

Rivers flow to the EAST to the ocean.

Answer 4

they flow to the east since that's the nearest ocean, perhaps the westernmost part of VIrginia beyond the Appalachians may flow west but for the most part they flow to the east

Answer 5

depends on which ocean.

it would probably be east, possibly south