The Lynch River is a 9.8 miles (15.8 km) tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River

Rivanna River

The Rivanna River is a tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. The Rivanna's tributaries originate in the Blue Ridge Mountains; via the James River, it is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay....

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. It is part of the James River

James River

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 watershed. It rises at the unincorporated community of Mission Home near the boundary of Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east...

 and flows southeast past Shady Grove

Shady Grove, Virginia

Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...

 and Nortonsville

Nortonsville, Virginia

Nortonsville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia....

 to join the Roach River

Roach River

The Roach River is an tributary of the North Fork Rivanna River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is part of the James River watershed.It rises at Powell Gap in Shenandoah National Park and flows southeast, passing the communities of Bacon Hollow and Dyke...

, forming the North Fork of the Rivanna at their confluence. The Lynch River flows through Greene

Greene County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there are 15,244 people, 5,574 households, and 4,291 families residing in the county. The population density is 97 people per square mile . There are 5,986 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

 and Albemarle

Albemarle County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,236 people, 31,876 households, and 21,070 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile . There were 33,720 housing units at an average density of 47 per square mile...

counties, crossing their boundary several times.