New River
The New River is a river that flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina in the United States
- Also known as: “Conhaway River”, “Great Konhaway River”, “Kanawha River”, “Kunhaway River”, “Mon-don-ga-cha-te”, “New River (Kanawha River tributary)”, “sông New”, “Wood River”, “Wood’s River”, and “Woods River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include KM Junction and Old Gauley.
Old Gauley
Hamlet
Old Gauley is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
New River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Fayette, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.16177° or 38° 9′ 42″ north
Longitude
-81.1965° or 81° 11′ 47″ west
Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)
Open location code
86CW5R63+P9
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“New River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu New”
- Basque: “New River (Kanawha ibaiaren adarra)”
- Basque: “New River”
- Bavarian: “New River”
- Catalan: “New”
- Cebuano: “New River”
- Chinese: “新河”
- Chinese: “牛河”
- Chinese: “纽河”
- Dutch: “New River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نيو”
- French: “New”
- German: “New River (Kanawha River)”
- German: “New River”
- Hebrew: “ניו ריבר”
- Irish: “Abhainn New”
- Japanese: “ニュー川”
- Lithuanian: “Naujoji upė (Kanova)”
- Lithuanian: “Naujoji upė”
- Polish: “New River”
- Russian: “Нью-Ривер (приток Кановы)”
- Russian: “Нью-Ривер”
- Slovenian: “New River”
- Venetian: “New”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Mới”
- Welsh: “Afon New”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gauley Bridge and Glen Ferris.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Gauley River and Gauley Bridge.
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