Gauley River
River in West Virginia, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Gauley River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
Counties | Randolph, Webster, Nicholas, Fayette |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Fork Gauley River |
• location | Gauley Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV |
• coordinates | 38°25′42″N 80°10′22″W |
• elevation | 4,000 ft (1,200 m) |
2nd source | South Fork Gauley River |
• location | Pocahontas County, WV |
• coordinates | 38°22′43″N 80°12′52″W |
• elevation | 3,937 ft (1,200 m) |
3rd source | Middle Fork Gauley River |
• location | Pocahontas County, WV |
• coordinates | 38°23′21″N 80°11′29″W |
• elevation | 3,844 ft (1,172 m) |
Source confluence | Three Forks of Gauley |
• location | Webster County, WV |
• coordinates | 38°24′33″N 80°14′17″W |
• elevation | 2,917 ft (889 m) |
Mouth | Kanawha River[1] |
• location | Gauley Bridge, WV |
• coordinates | 38°09′42″N 81°11′47″W |
• elevation | 660 ft (200 m) |
Discharge | |
• location | Belva, WV[2] |
• average | 2,680 cu ft/s (76 m3/s)[2] |
• minimum | 341 cu ft/s (9.7 m3/s)(1976) |
• maximum | 12,900 cu ft/s (370 m3/s)(1987) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Miller Mill Run, Williams River, Cranberry River, Meadow River |
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