Elk River (West Virginia)
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The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long,[5] in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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Elk River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
Counties | Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Old Field Fork |
• location | Elk Mountain, Pocahontas County |
• coordinates | 38°18′24″N 80°06′18″W |
• elevation | 3,557 ft (1,084 m)[1] |
2nd source | Big Spring Fork |
• location | Pocahontas County |
• coordinates | 38°22′32″N 80°00′34″W |
• elevation | 3,655 ft (1,114 m)[2] |
Source confluence | |
• location | Slatyfork |
• coordinates | 38°25′08″N 80°07′48″W |
• elevation | 2,667 ft (813 m)[3] |
Mouth | Kanawha River[4] |
• location | Charleston |
• coordinates | 38°21′18″N 81°38′42″W |
• elevation | 574 ft (175 m) |
Length | 172 mi (277 km)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Queen Shoals[6] |
• average | 2,650 cu ft/s (75 m3/s)[6] |
• minimum | 271 cu ft/s (7.7 m3/s)(1976) |
• maximum | 14,000 cu ft/s (400 m3/s)(1972) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Birch River |
• right | Holly River |
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