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Laurel Fork (North Fork South Branch Potomac River)
The Laurel Fork is a 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data )〕 stream in Virginia and West Virginia, United States. The stream flows north from Highland County, Virginia, where its source and the majority of its length is located, to its mouth in Pendleton County, West Virginia. Laurel Fork is a tributary to the North Fork South Branch Potomac River, making it a part of the Potomac River watershed. The area surrounding Laurel Fork is home to several plant and animal species found nowhere else in Virginia, and is a prime example of a northern boreal forest in the state.
==Course==
Laurel Fork begins in a mountainous region of Highland County, Virginia near the county's western border with Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The stream's source is located approximately southwest of U.S. Route 250 near the southern slopes of Bear Mountain at an elevation of . This location is approximately to the east of the Eastern Continental Divide. From its source, Laurel Fork flows northward, crossing under U.S. 250, in a winding manner. After collecting the tributary waters of the smaller Collins Run and Blights Run, Secondary Route 642 (Laurel Fork Road) begins to run alongside the Laurel Fork, approximately north of U.S. Route 250. Near this location, the stream flows under 642 near the mouth of the tributary Mullenax Run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Geological Survey )〕 At Mullenax Run, Laurel Fork enters the Laurel Fork Special Management Area of the George Washington National Forest. A short distance to the north of Mullenax Run, Laurel Fork collects the waters of Newman Run and 642 leaves the banks of Laurel Fork to the east. The stream continues winding northward from Newman Run through the National Forest, intersecting the tributary streams of (from south to north) Bearwallow Run, Lost Run, Knotmaul Run, Christian Run, Slabcamp Run, Locust Spring Run, Buck Run, and Cold Spring Run. Approximately northeast of Newman Run and Secondary Route 642, Laurel Fork enters Pendleton County, West Virginia.〔
Upon entering the state of West Virginia, Laurel Fork enters the Monongahela National Forest and takes an eastwardly turn.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=United States Forest Service )〕 The stream flows approximately east, collecting the tributary waters of Sams Run, before reaching its mouth. The Laurel Fork's mouth is at an elevation of approximately downstream from its source.〔〔 At this point, Laurel Fork joins Straight Fork, which flows northward roughly parallel to Laurel Fork in a valley to the east. Located north of the village of Hardscrabble, Virginia, the confluence of the Laurel and Straight Forks begins the North Fork South Branch Potomac River.〔
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