Dan River

American  

[dahn riv-er, dan] / ˈdɑn ˈrɪv ər, ˈdæn /

noun

1. a river in S Virginia and N North Carolina, flowing S and E to the Roanoke River. 180 miles (290 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The company already had mills nearby, and the new site — a former furniture factory along the Dan River — offered plenty of water for textile finishing.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2021

In places like Caswell County, residents have fallen further behind, said Shannon Moretz, program director of the Caswell Chapter of the Health Collaborative, which studies health disparities in the Dan River Region.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020

In 2014, a break in a pond at Duke Energy’s plant in Eden, N.C., sent 27 million gallons of sludge into the Dan River.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2020

In 2014, an estimated 39,000 tons of coal ash spewed into the Dan River after a drainage pipe running below a waste dump collapsed at a Duke Energy plant in Eden, North Carolina.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2018

When the British got across there was a race for the Dan River on the borders of Virginia.

From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman