List of West Virginia rivers
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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. Though relatively few in number, rivers have traditionally provided easy avenues of transportation through the rough terrain of the Mountain State, first by Native Americans and later by European settlers. Even today, the larger rivers transport large volumes of commercial goods, while the smaller ones provide recreational opportunities such as canoeing, fishing, swimming, and white-water rafting.
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[edit] Alphabetically
- Back Creek
- Big Coal River
- Big Sandy Creek
- Big Sandy River
- Birch River
- Black Fork
- Blackwater River
- Bluestone River
- Buckhannon River
- Bull River
- Cacapon River
- Cheat River
- Cherry River
- Coal River
- Cranberry River
- Dillons Run
- Dry Fork, Cheat River tributary
- Dry Fork, Tug Fork tributary
- East River
- Elk Creek
- Elk River
- Elkhorn Creek
- Fourpole Creek
- Gauley River
- Glady Fork
- Greenbrier River
- Guyandotte River
- Hackers Creek
- Holly River
- Hughes River
- Kanawha River
- Knapps Creek
- Laurel Fork
- Little Birch River
- Little Blackwater River
- Little Bluestone River
- Little Cacapon River
- Little Coal River
- Little Kanawha River
- Little River (tributary of East Fork Greenbrier River)
- Little River (tributary of West Fork Greenbrier River)
- Lost River
- Lunice Creek
- Meadow Branch
- Meadow River
- Middle Fork River
- Middle Island Creek
- Mill Creek
- Monongahela River
- Mud River
- New Creek
- New River
- North Branch Potomac River
- North Fork Little Cacapon River
- North Fork South Branch Potomac River
- North River
- Ohio River
- Opequon Creek
- Pattersons Creek
- Pocatalico River
- Potomac River
- Sandy Creek
- Shavers Fork
- Shenandoah River
- Simpson Creek
- Sleepy Creek
- South Branch Potomac River
- South Fork Little Cacapon River
- South Fork South Branch Potomac River
- Stonecoal Creek
- Stony River
- Tenmile Creek
- Tug Fork
- Twelvepole Creek
- Tygart Valley River
- West Fork River
- Wheeling Creek
- Williams River
- Youghiogheny River
[edit] By tributary
[edit] Ohio River
- Monongahela River
- Wheeling Creek
- Middle Island Creek
- Little Kanawha River
- Sandy Creek
- Mill Creek
- Kanawha River
- New River
- East River
- Bluestone River
- Greenbrier River
- Knapps Creek
- Little River (tributary of East Fork)
- Little River (tributary of West Fork)
- Gauley River
- Williams River
- Cranberry River
- Cherry River
- Meadow River
- Elk River
- Holly River
- Birch River
- Coal River
- Pocatalico River
- New River
- Guyandotte River
- Twelvepole Creek
- Big Sandy River
[edit] Potomac River
- South Branch Potomac River
- North Branch Potomac River
- Little Cacapon River
- Cacapon River
- Sir Johns Run
- Warm Spring Run
- Sleepy Creek
- Cherry Run
- Back Creek
- Opequon Creek
- Shenandoah River
[edit] See also
- List of rivers in the United States
- Teays River
- List of islands in West Virginia (with islands in rivers)
