Right Fork Little Kanawha River | |
Map Size: | 300 |
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]