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  2. Gauley River - Wikipedia

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    The Gauley River is a 105-mile-long (169 km) [3] river in West Virginia. It merges with the New River to form the Kanawha River , a tributary of the Ohio River . The river features numerous recreational whitewater areas, including those in Gauley River National Recreation Area downstream of the Summersville Dam.

  3. Gauley River National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    The Gauley River National Recreation Area, located near Summersville, West Virginia, protects a 25-mile (40 km) portion of the Gauley River and a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) segment of the Meadow River in southern West Virginia. Little of the national recreation area is accessible via roads; one must

  4. List of whitewater rivers - Wikipedia

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    The Petawawa River is a popular whitewater river in Ontario, Canada. A whitewater river is any river where its gradient and/or flow create rapids or whitewater turbulence. . This list only focuses on rivers which are suitable for whitewater sports such as canoeing, kayaking, and raf

  5. Whitewater - Wikipedia

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    Whitewater on the river Guil (French Alps) Whitewater on the small rapid of Kannonkoski, Central Finland Vivid water of the Torne River between Sweden and Finland. Whitewater at Yosemite Whitewater forms in the context of rapids , in particular, when a river 's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within ...

  6. Wildwater canoeing - Wikipedia

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    Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily. It is also called "Whitewater racing" or "Downriver racing" to distinguish it from whitewater slalom racing and whitewater rodeo or Freestyle competition .

  7. New River (Kanawha River tributary) - Wikipedia

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    The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershed, it is about 360 miles (580 km) long. [1] The origins of the name are unclear.

  8. Cherry River (West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    The Cherry River is a tributary of the Gauley River in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Cherry River drains mostly rural and forested areas and flows for much of its length through the Monongahela National Forest. [2]

  9. Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park - Wikipedia

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    It is located on the rim of the Gauley River Canyon near Summersville, a town in Nicholas County, West Virginia. The 156-acre (0.63 km 2 ) [ 2 ] park features Patterson House Museum, three views of the Gauley River, hiking trails and picnic facilities.

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