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38 Okwu mmalite.

njikọ nke North na Middle Rivers, kilomita ole na ole n'elu. Site na Port Republic, South Fork nke Shenandoah na-agba ọsọ ugwu-ọwụwa anyanwụ, site n'ókè ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Rockingham na mpaghara Pajịị, ruo Front Royal na ọbọdọ Warren.

Ugwu Massanutten na-ekewa Ụgwụ Fork na ṅdịda Fork, bụ nke ejikọtara na enweghị ugwu ọzọ, ma na-akwụsị na mberede na nsọtụ abụọ ahụ. Ebe ugwu ya bụ a na-asa ya na ntọala ya, dị n'okpuru Strasburg, site na North ndụdụ. Ngwucha ndịda ya kwụsịrị n'akụkụ okporo ụzọ dị n'etiti Harrisonburg na ụlọ ahia Conrad na South Fork, bụ nke ikpeazụ na-etinye okporo ụzọ ahụ site na Gbaa oghere ngwa na Blue Ridge gafere na iyi. A na-emepụta ndagwurugwu abụọ, nke dị na North Fork ka a na-akpọ "The Main Valley," na nke ndị ọzọ na South Fork, na ịnakweren n’obodo nke Page na akụkụ nke County nke Warren, nke a na-akpọkarị "Ndagwurugwu Luray." Ndagwurugwu Luray jikọtara ya na Ndagwurugwu Main na nsọtụ abụọ nke ugwu ahụ. Enwere ezigbo okporo ụzọ gafere ugwu Massanutten, site n'otu ndagwurugwu gaa na nke ọzọ, site na oghere dị nso na Ahịa Ọhụrụ. N'ebe ndịda nke oghere a, ọ dịghị okporo ụzọ gafere ugwu ahụ, na n'ebe ugwu ya, okporo ụzọ ndị ahụ na-esighị ike ma ọ bụghị nke a na-eme maka njem nke nnukwu ndị agha na ụgbọ oloko ya. N'ebe ugwu ma ọ bụ nke ala nke ugwu Massanutten, na n'etiti alaka abụọ ya, bụ ndagwurugwu a na-akpọ "Powell's Fort Valley" ma ọ bụ karịa The Fort." A na-enweta ndagwurugwu a nanị site n'okporo ụzọ ndị siri ike dị n'elu ugwu ahụ nke a kpọtụrụ aha. Sitekwa n’ebe dịpụrụ adịpu, site na ndagwurugwu dị ala. ọ bụghị ụlọ ihe nkiri nke ọrụ ndị agha sitere na ya, kama ọ bụ naanị nyere ndị gbapụrụ agbahapụ, ndị na-akwagharị akwagharị, na ebe mgbaba, ndị gbapụrụ n’ọgbọ agha.

Site na Front Royal, Osimiri Shenandoah na-aga n'akụkụ ya ọdịda anyanwụ isi nke Blue Ridge ruo Harper's Ferry, ebe ọ jikọrọ ya na Potomac, nke ebe a gbawara site na ugwu. Ugwu na ndọtị nke nso nke Blue Ridge site na ebe a site na Maryland na Pennsylvania a na-akpọ "Ndidia ugwu."

N'ikwu ya n'ụzọ ziri ezi, Ógbè Berkeley na nke ka ukwuu