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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia.
Crab Run (West Virginia) Cranberry River (West Virginia) Crane Creek (Bluestone River tributary) Crawley Creek. Crooked Creek (Guyandotte River tributary) Cross Creek (Ohio River tributary) Crow Run. Cummings Creek. Cutlips Fork.
The next year, 1793, with the upper West Virginia rivers firmly under Major Craig's control, saw the first regular packet line on the Ohio River. It was a weekly keelboat trip between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with short stops at other West Virginia and Ohio river settlements. Cincinnati merchant Jacob Meyers saw the need in this year.
Rivers of Clay County, West Virginia (1 C, 3 P) D. Rivers of Doddridge County, West Virginia (12 P) F. Rivers of Fayette County, West Virginia (2 C, 21 P) G.
Little Walker Creek. Kimberling Creek. Sinking Creek. Little River (New River tributary) Pine Creek (Floyd County, Virginia) West Fork Little River. Peak Creek. Big Reed Island Creek. Cripple Creek.
The Shenandoah River / ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə / is the principal tributary of the Potomac River, 55.6 miles (89.5 km) long with two forks approximately 100 miles (160 km) long each, [3] in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. The river and its tributaries drain the central and lower Shenandoah Valley and the Page Valley in the ...
14,000 cu ft/s (400 m 3 /s) (1972) Basin features. Tributaries. • left. Birch River. • right. Holly River. The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, [5] in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
This is a list of West Virginia covered bridges. There are 17 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Only three of these bridges were built before 1870 and they are the three longest in the state. Each uses a standard truss design, braced with the Burr Arch. No one-truss design dominates in the state.