Cranberry River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
Counties | Pocahontas, Webster, Nicholas |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | South Fork Cranberry River |
• location | Cranberry Mountain, Pocahontas County |
• coordinates | 38°12′48″N 80°13′14″W / 38.21333°N 80.22056°W |
• elevation | 3,890 ft (1,190 m) |
2nd source | North Fork Cranberry River |
• location | Black Mountain, Pocahontas County |
• coordinates | 38°14′03″N 80°14′32″W / 38.23417°N 80.24222°W |
• elevation | 4,364 ft (1,330 m) |
Source confluence | |
• location | Pocahontas County |
• coordinates | 38°15′28″N 80°19′27″W / 38.25778°N 80.32417°W |
• elevation | 3,176 ft (968 m) |
Mouth | Gauley River[1] |
• location | Woodbine |
• coordinates | 38°17′58″N 80°36′49″W / 38.29944°N 80.61361°W |
• elevation | 1,919 ft (585 m) |
Length | 24 mi (39 km)[1] |
Basin size | 74 sq mi (190 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Richwood[2] |
• average | 233.6 cu ft/s (6.61 m3/s) (USGS water years 1945-2019) |
• minimum | 126.2 cu ft/s (3.57 m3/s) (water year 1999) |
• maximum | 318 cu ft/s (9.0 m3/s) (water year 1979) |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth[3] |
• average | 277.08 cu ft/s (7.846 m3/s) (estimate) |
The Cranberry River is a tributary of the Gauley River located in southeastern West Virginia in the United States.[5] It is a part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Gauley, Kanawha, and Ohio Rivers, draining an area of 74 square miles (192 km2).[4]
The river has also been known historically as Cranberry Creek.[1] The river was named for cranberry bogs along its course.[6]