Kanawha River
The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its watershed has been a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century.
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of Ohio River in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Big Conhaway River”, “Big Connawas River”, “Big Kanawha River”, “Canawha”, “Canhawa River”, “Chinidashhichetha”, “Chinodahichetha River”, “Chinodashichetha”, “Chinondaista”, “Great Canawha River”, “Great Kanawha River”, “Great Kanhawa River”, “Great Kanhaway River”, “Great Kehhawa River”, “Great Kenhawa River”, “Great Kenhaway River”, “Great Konhaway River”, “Great Konhawayriver”, “Kanahaway River”, “Kanawa River”, “Kanawah River”, “Kanaway River”, “Kanawhy River”, “Kanhaway River”, “Kannawha River”, “Keanawha River”, “Kenhaway River”, “Keninsheka”, “Kinhaway River”, “Kunhaway River”, “Le-we-ke-o-mi”, “New River”, “Pi-que-me-ta-mi”, “Pique-me-ta-nei”, “reka Kanawha”, “rivière Chinondaista”, “Wood’s River”, “Woods River”, “Канова (река)”, and “カナウハ川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tu-Endie-Wei Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park and Silver Memorial Bridge.
Tu-Endie-Wei Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanauga and Point Pleasant.
Point Pleasant
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kanawha River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.83786° or 38° 50′ 16″ north
Longitude
-82.14264° or 82° 8′ 34″ west
Elevation
538 feet (164 metres)
Open location code
86CVRVQ4+4W
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kanawha River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كاناوا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kanawha”
- Basque: “Kanawha ibaia”
- Catalan: “Kanawha”
- Cebuano: “Kanawha River”
- Chinese: “卡诺瓦河”
- Danish: “Kanawha River”
- Dutch: “Kanawha River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاناوا”
- Esperanto: “Kanawha”
- French: “Kanawha”
- German: “Kanawha River”
- Hebrew: “קאנאווה”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kanawha”
- Japanese: “カナワ川”
- Lithuanian: “Kanova (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Kanova”
- Mingrelian: “კანოვა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “კანოვა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanawha”
- Norwegian: “Kanawha”
- Polish: “Kanawha”
- Portuguese: “Rio Kanawha”
- Russian: “Канова”
- Slovenian: “Kanawha”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاناوها چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Kanawha”
- Venetian: “Kanawha”
- Welsh: “Afon Kanawha”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Henderson and Gilmore Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shadle Bridge and Bartow Jones Bridge.
West Virginia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Charleston and Huntington.
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