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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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)”, “Wood River”, “Wood’s River”, and “Woods River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include KM Junction and Old Gauley.
KM Junction
Locality
Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 553 at the 2020 census. The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley Bridge by the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers.
Old Gauley
Hamlet
Old Gauley is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Vanetta
Hamlet
Vanetta was an unincorporated community and coal town 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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Satellite Map
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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 River”
- 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”
- Welsh: “Afon New”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gauley Bridge and Glen Ferris.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gauley River and Gauley Bridge.
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