List of West Virginia rivers - Definition and Overview

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.

• 12 Pole River
• Big Coal River
• Big Sandy River
• Birch River
• Blackwater River
• Bluestone River
• Buckhannon River
• Bull River
• Bullpasture River
• Cacapon River
• Cheat River
• Cherry River
• Coal River
• Cranberry River
• East River
• Elk River
• Gauley River
• Greenbrier River
• Guyandotte River
• Holly River
• Hughes River
• Kanawha River
• Little Birch River
• Little Blackwater River
• Little Bluestone River
• Little Cacapon River
• Little Coal River
• Little Kanawha River
• Little River
• Lost River
• Meadow River
• Middle Fork River
• Monongahela River
• Mud River
• New River
• North River
• Ohio River
• Pocatalico River
• Salt River
• Shenandoah River
• South Branch Potomac River
• South Fork River
• Stony River
• Tug Fork River (Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Tygart Valley River
• West Fork River
• Williams River
• Youghiogheny River

See also

• List of rivers in the United States

External links

• Bluestone National Scenic River (http://www.nps.gov/blue/)
• Friends of the Cheat (http://www.cheat.org/)
• Lost River State Park (http://www.lostriversp.com/)
• New River Gorge National River (http://www.nps.gov/neri/home.htm)