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The state of West Virginia has a wide variety of freshwater fish species in its rivers, lakes, and streams. 20% of these species are sportfish , and the remaining 80% are nongame species. [ 1 ]
Fishing Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] It flows into the Ohio River at New Martinsville. [2] Fishing Creek's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who once fished there. [3]
Big Sandy Creek is a 31.3-mile-long (50.4 km) [3] mountain stream which begins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and flows into Preston County, West Virginia, in the United States. The Big Sandy flows through Bruceton Mills and Rockville, West Virginia , before crashing down the mountainside and reaching its confluence with the Cheat River at ...
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 .
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.
Mill Creek at Mechanicsburg Gap viewed from the Core Road (County Route 50/53) bridge near Romney. Mill Creek is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) [1] tributary stream of the South Branch Potomac River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. [2]
The Mud River is a tributary of the Guyandotte River in southwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The river is popular with muskellunge anglers. The Mud River was so named on account of the muddy character of its water. [1] [2]
The Williams River is a tributary of the Gauley River, 33 miles (53 km) long, [6] in east-central West Virginia, USA.Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 132 square miles (342 km 2) in a sparsely populated region of the southern Allegheny Mountains and the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.