Greenbrier River
| Greenbrier River | ||
 Greenbrier River at Marlinton , West Virginia |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1551294 | |
| location | West Virginia (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| Confluence of |
West Fork and East Fork Greenbrier Rivers at Durbin 38 ° 32 ′ 37 " N , 79 ° 49 ′ 56" W |
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| Source height | 827 m | |
| muzzle |
New River at Hinton coordinates: 37 ° 39 ′ 13 " N , 80 ° 53 ′ 5" W 37 ° 39 ′ 13 " N , 80 ° 53 ′ 5" W. |
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| Mouth height | 416 m | |
| Height difference | 411 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | 261 km | |
| Catchment area | 4287 km² | |
| Drain at Alderson Gauge, West Virginia |
NNQ (1976) MQ HHQ (2000) |
16 m³ / s 74 m³ / s 289 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Anthony Creek, Knapp Creek | |
 Catchment area of the Greenbrier River |
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 The Greenbrier River at Anthony in Greenbrier County |
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The Greenbrier River is a right tributary of the New River in the southwest of the US state West Virginia and has a length of 261 km.
About the New River, Kanawha River and Ohio River it is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 4287 km².
The Greenbrier River has its origin in Durbin through the confluence of the East Fork Greenbrier River and West Fork Greenbrier River, both of which are only short rivers and have their source at over 1000 m above sea level and run their entire length in the north of Pocahontas County . Below Durbin, the river generally follows a south-southwest flow direction through Pocahontas, Greenbrier and Summers Counties , passing through the settlements of Cass , Stony Bottom , Marlinton , Falling Spring , Ronceverte and Alderson before flowing into the New River at Hinton .
The Greenbrier River is the only major non- dammed river in West Virginia and is heavily used for recreational and recreational purposes. Its upper course lies within the Monongahela National Forest , and is accompanied by the Greenbrier River Trail for 124 km between Cass and North Caldwell .
Name variants
According to the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , the Greenbrier River was historically known by a number of other names:
- Green Briar River
- Green Brier River
- Green Bryar River
- Greenbriar River
- O-ne-pa-ke
- O-ne-pa-ke-cepe
- Onepake
- Riviere de la Ronceverte
- We-o-to-we
- We-o-to-we-cepe-we
- Weotowe
See also
Web links
- Map of the catchment area of the Greenbrier River ( Memento of October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). West Virginia government website.
- Greenbrier River Watershed on wordpress.greenbrier.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Greenbrier River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ A b c d e f William P. McNeel: Greenbrier River . In: Ken Sullivan (Ed.): The West Virginia Encyclopedia . West Virginia Humanities Council, Charleston, WV 2006, ISBN 0-9778498-0-5 .
- ↑ United States Geological Survey ; USGS 03183500 GREENBRIER RIVER AT ALDERSON, WV ; Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ East Fork Greenbrier River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ West Fork Greenbrier River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ^ A b c West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Maine 1997, ISBN 0-89933-246-3 .
- ↑ Greenbrier River Trail website