Lost River

E199814
river subterranean river

Lost River is a largely subterranean river in West Virginia known for disappearing underground and reemerging as the Cacapon River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lost River canonical 3
The Sinks of Lost River 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
subterranean river ⓘ
connectedTo Cacapon River ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
disappearsUndergroundAt The Sinks ⓘ
drainageBasin Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
surface form: Chesapeake Bay watershed
flowsNear Lost City, West Virginia ⓘ
Mathias, West Virginia ⓘ
flowsThrough Lost River Valley ⓘ
geologicalSetting Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians ⓘ
hasAlternateDescription largely subterranean river in West Virginia ⓘ
hasCourseCharacteristic subsurface flow before resurfacing ⓘ
surface flow that vanishes into karst features ⓘ
hasHydrologicalFeature disappearing stream ⓘ
karst topography ⓘ
underground channel ⓘ
hasNotableSection Lost River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Sinks of Lost River
hasValley Lost River Valley ⓘ
hydrologicalType losing stream ⓘ
isTributaryOf Cacapon River ⓘ
knownFor disappearing underground ⓘ
reappearing as the Cacapon River ⓘ
locatedIn Hardy County, West Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia ⓘ
mouth Cacapon River ⓘ
nameEtymology named for its disappearance underground ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Lost River State Park ⓘ
partOf Potomac River ⓘ
surface form: Potomac River watershed
reemergenceLocation near Wardensville, West Virginia ⓘ
reemergesAs Cacapon River ⓘ
riverSystem Cacapon River ⓘ
sourceLocation Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
George Washington National Forest ⓘ
surface form: George Washington National Forest region
state West Virginia ⓘ
usedFor canoeing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cacapon River → hasTributary → Lost River ⓘ
Valley of the Lost River (regional valley area) → hasHydrologicalFeature → Lost River ⓘ
subject surface form: Valley of the Lost River
Hardy County, West Virginia → traversedBy → Lost River ⓘ
Lost River → hasNotableSection → Lost River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Sinks of Lost River