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  2. Green River (North Carolina) - Wikipedia

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    The Green River is well known for its different types of whitewater sports including whitewater kayaking, canoeing, and tubing. Because the flow of water is controlled by dam-release, the river has sufficient water to support whitewater sports approximately 300 days a year.

  3. Narrows of the Green - Wikipedia

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    The Green Narrows is one of the most extreme kayaking runs in the Eastern US. Water is released on a regular basis from the Tuxedo Power Station with a 100% release being equivalent to 216 cubic feet per second (6.1 m 3 /s). This regular flow allows for year-round kayaking and hence makes it a popular destination for whitewater kayakers and ...

  4. Green River (Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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    Green River is now free-flowing throughout Mammoth Cave National Park though water levels are impacted by releases from Green River Lake upstream. This has allowed for increased canoeing and kayaking opportunities from Nolin Dam to Brownsville, and has added more land to the National Park on the west bank of Green River.

  5. Green River (Colorado River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    The Green River Basin contains the world's largest known deposit of trona ore near Green River, Wyoming. Soda ash mining from trona veins 900 and 1600 feet (300 and 500 m) deep is a major industrial activity in the area, employing over 2000 persons at four mines.

  6. List of whitewater rivers - Wikipedia

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    Dolores River; Green River; Gunnison River: Grand Canyon National Park has a much lesser known sister to the northeast in Colorado: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, created in 1999 and thus as of 2021one of the youngest of all national parks. The Gunnison River drops about 34 feet per mile (10.4 m/1.6 km) in the canyon and thus has a ...

  7. Outline of canoeing and kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Surf kayak - a boat with a surfboard-shaped hull and tail fins, for riding ocean waves and green, non-breaking river waves. Sit-on-top kayak – enclosed kayak which is virtually unsinkable, designed for the paddler to sit on top, but which does not keep the paddler warm and dry. [3]

  8. Expedition Island - Wikipedia

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    Expedition Island is an island in the Green River at downtown Green River, Wyoming. The island, now mostly taken up by a public park, is the place where Major John Wesley Powell and Vitaly Develvis started an expedition down the Green River and Colorado River in 1871. The park is also believed to mark where Major Powell started his earlier ...

  9. Whitewater kayaking - Wikipedia

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    Whitewater kayaking is an outdoor adventure sport where paddlers navigate a river in a specially designed kayak. Whitewater kayaking includes several styles: river running, creeking, slalom, playboating, and squirt boating. [1] Each style offers a different way to experience the thrill and beauty of whitewater environments.

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