{{Short description|River in Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} The '''Hardware River''' is a {{convert|23.3|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 1, 2011</ref> tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. It is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
The Hardware River is formed by the confluence of its short north and south forks in southern Albemarle County and flows generally southeastwardly into southwestern Fluvanna County, where it joins the James River about {{convert|7|mi|0}} southeast of Scottsville.
==See also== *List of Virginia rivers
==References== {{Reflist}} *DeLorme (2005). ''Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-326-5}}. *{{Gnis|1467736}}
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Category:Rivers of Virginia Category:Tributaries of the James River Category:Rivers of Albemarle County, Virginia Category:Rivers of Fluvanna County, Virginia
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