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The Kanawha River (/ kəˈnɔːə / kə-NAW-ə) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century. It is formed at the town of Gauley Bridge in ...
The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 169 mi (269 km) long, [2] in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 2,320 mi 2 (6,009 km 2) [3] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It served as an important commercial water ...
Kanawha Falls is a waterfall on the Kanawha River in West Virginia that has been a barrier to fish movement for more than 1 million years. [1]: 13 The waterfall is formed by a diagonal sandstone ledge across the river about 1 mi (1.6 km) downstream from the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers. It is 24 ft (7.3 m) high. [1]: 13.
784 feet (239 m) [1] Burnsville Lake is both a recreational and flood control reservoir on Little Kanawha River located southeast of Burnsville in Braxton County, West Virginia. Burnsville Lake was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938. Construction of the Burnsville Lake project was begun in the summer of 1972 and ...
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.
The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, 162 miles (261 km) long, [2] in southeastern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles (4,290 km 2). [2] It is one of the longest rivers in West Virginia.
Coal River (West Virginia) The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers, and flows generally northward through western Kanawha County, past the community of Upper Falls and into the Kanawha River at St. Albans.
List of crossings of the Kanawha and New Rivers. This is a complete list of current bridges and other crossings of the Kanawha River, and its continuation the New River, from its mouth at the Ohio River to the split between the North and South Forks of the New River. Pedestrian-only bridges are marked in italics.