Kanawha River

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The Kanawha River is a significant waterway in the central Appalachian region, flowing through West Virginia and serving as an important channel for industry, transportation, and recreation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
confluenceLocation Gauley Bridge, West Virginia ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
flowsDirection generally northwest ⓘ
flowsInto Ohio River ⓘ
flowsThroughCounty Kanawha County, West Virginia ⓘ
Mason County, West Virginia ⓘ
Putnam County, West Virginia ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Gauley River ⓘ
New River ⓘ
hasBridge Dunbar Toll Bridge ⓘ
Fort Hill Bridge ⓘ
South Side Bridge (Charleston) ⓘ
hasLockAndDam London Lock and Dam ⓘ
Marmet Lock and Dam ⓘ
Winfield Lock and Dam ⓘ
hasRecreation boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
riverfront parks in Charleston ⓘ
knownFor chemical industry corridor ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
length approximately 156 kilometers ⓘ
approximately 97 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian region ⓘ
linked to: Appalachia

West Virginia ⓘ
majorUse cooling water for industry ⓘ
hydroelectric power ⓘ
industrial transportation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
mouth Ohio River ⓘ
namedAfter Kanawha (Native American people) ⓘ
linked to: Mingo people
navigationAuthority U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf New–Kanawha River system ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
passesThrough Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ
Dunbar, West Virginia ⓘ
Huntington metropolitan area vicinity ⓘ
Nitro, West Virginia ⓘ
South Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ
St. Albans, West Virginia ⓘ
region central Appalachians ⓘ
linked to: Appalachia
riverSystem Mississippi River watershed ⓘ
sourceRiver Gauley River ⓘ
New River ⓘ
state West Virginia ⓘ
tributaryOf Ohio River ⓘ
waterwayClass commercially navigable river ⓘ

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West Virginia → majorRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Ohio River → majorTributary → Kanawha River ⓘ
Fayette County, West Virginia → traversedBy → Kanawha River ⓘ
subject linked to: Fayette County
West Virginia House of Delegates → buildingLocatedOn → Kanawha River (vicinity of capitol) ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
New River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ
New River → mouth → Kanawha River ⓘ
Kanawha Section → namedAfter → Kanawha River ⓘ
West Virginia State Capitol → locatedOn → Kanawha River ⓘ
Gauley River → mouth → Kanawha River ⓘ
Gauley River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ
Interstate 64 → crossesRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Chelyan, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Kanawha River → partOf → New–Kanawha River system ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Ohio River basin → hasTributaryBasin → Kanawha River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
U.S. Route 60 → followsFeature → Kanawha River (in West Virginia) ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Smithers, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Smithers, West Virginia → region → Kanawha River valley ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Cornstalk → associatedWithPlace → Kanawha River region ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Summersville Dam → floodControlFor → Kanawha River system ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia → isPartOfWatershed → Kanawha River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Haddad Riverfront Park → adjacentTo → Kanawha River ⓘ
Elk River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ
Elk River → flowsInto → Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Coal River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ
Montgomery, West Virginia → regionalRiverSystem → Kanawha River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Smithers, West Virginia → partOfRegion → Kanawha River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Mount Carbon, West Virginia → partOf → Kanawha River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Bluestone Lake → partOfWatershed → Kanawha River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River
Kanawha → nameSharedWith → Kanawha River ⓘ
Riverwalk Plaza → adjacentTo → Kanawha River ⓘ
Riverwalk Plaza → hasView → Kanawha River ⓘ
Dunbar, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Dunbar, West Virginia → hasRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ
Bluestone Dam → floodControlFor → Kanawha River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kanawha River