ðə lˌæfeɪˈɛt ɹˈɪvɚ, ˈɜːlɪɚ nˈoʊn æz tˈænɚz kɹˈiːk, ɪz ɐ tˈaɪdəl ˈɛstjuːˌɛɹi wˌɪtʃ ˈɛmptiz ˌɪntʊ ðɪ ᵻlˈɪzəbəθ ɹˈɪvɚ dʒˈʌst sˈaʊθ ʌv sˈuːɛlz pˈɔɪnt nˌɪɹ ɪts mˈaʊθ æt hˈæmptən ɹˈoʊdz, wˌɪtʃ ɪn tˈɜːn ˈɛmptiz ˌɪntʊ ðə sˈʌðɚn ˈɛnd ʌv tʃˈɛsəpˌiːk bˈeɪ ɪn sˈaʊθiːst vɜːdʒˈɪniə ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts.
The Lafayette River, earlier known as Tanner's Creek, is a  tidal estuary which empties into the Elizabeth River just south of Sewell's Point near its mouth at Hampton Roads, which in turn empties into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States.