Right Fork Little Kanawha River Explained

Right Fork Little Kanawha River
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Pushpin Map:USA West Virginia
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Right Fork Little Kanawha River in West Virginia
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:West Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Upshur, Webster, Lewis, Braxton
Length:14.1miles
Source1 Location:west of Helvetia
Source1 Coordinates:38.6957°N -80.2837°W[1]
Source1 Elevation:2698feet[2]
Mouth:Little Kanawha River
Mouth Location:southwest of Wildcat
Mouth Coordinates:38.7434°N -80.4551°W
Mouth Elevation:945feet
Basin Size:37.6sqmi

The Right Fork Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, 14.1miles long,[3] in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 37.6sqmi[4] in a rural region.

The Right Fork Little Kanawha River rises in extreme southeastern Upshur County, approximately 4miles west of Helvetia, and flows generally westward along the boundary between Upshur and Webster counties; then along the boundary between Lewis and Webster counties, through the community of Cleveland. Near its mouth it flows through a small portion of the eastern extremity of Braxton County, and flows into the Little Kanawha River from the south near the boundary between Braxton and Lewis counties, approximately 2miles southwest of the community of Wildcat.[5]

Upstream of Cleveland the Right Fork collects a tributary named Left Fork Right Fork Little Kanawha River,[6] which flows westward for 7.1miles[3] through southern Upshur County.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1545666}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Right Fork Little Kanawha River (Feature ID #1545666) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2011-10-13.
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. Web site: Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Little Kanawha Watershed . United States Environmental Protection Agency . United States Environmental Protection Agency . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031164204/https://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05030203&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= . 2021-10-31 . dead . 2011-10-13.
  4. Web site: HUC 8-12 Watersheds . West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012054846/http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/Programs/nonptsource/Documents/WBPs/HUC_8-12Watersheds.pdf . 2011-10-12 . live . 2011-10-13. HUC 12 watershed 050302030301, totaling 24094.52 acres.
  5. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 46.
  6. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1541710}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Left Fork Right Fork Little Kanawha River (Feature ID #1541710) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2011-10-13.