Kanawha River

E250524

river

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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Kanawha River canonical	22
Kanawha River (in West Virginia)	1
Kanawha River (vicinity of capitol)	1
Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia	1
Kanawha River basin	1
Kanawha River region	1
Kanawha River system	1
Kanawha River valley	1
Kanawha River watershed	1
New–Kanawha River system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
confluenceLocation	Gauley Bridge, West Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Appalachia ⓘ surface form: Appalachian region West Virginia ⓘ
majorUse	cooling water for industry ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ industrial transportation ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ
mouth	Ohio River ⓘ
namedAfter	Mingo people ⓘ surface form: Kanawha (Native American people)
navigationAuthority	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
partOf	Kanawha River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New–Kanawha River system
passesThrough	Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ Dunbar, West Virginia ⓘ Huntington metropolitan area vicinity ⓘ Nitro, West Virginia ⓘ South Charleston, West Virginia ⓘ St. Albans, West Virginia ⓘ
region	Appalachia ⓘ surface form: central Appalachians
riverSystem	Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River watershed
sourceRiver	Gauley River ⓘ New River ⓘ
state	West Virginia ⓘ
tributaryOf	Ohio River ⓘ
waterwayClass	commercially navigable river ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

West Virginia → majorRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Ohio River → majorTributary → Kanawha River ⓘ

Fayette County → traversedBy → Kanawha River ⓘ

subject surface form: Fayette County, West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Inland Waterway System of the United States → hasPart → Kanawha River ⓘ

West Virginia House of Delegates → buildingLocatedOn → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River (vicinity of capitol)

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 ⓘ

South Charleston, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Interstate 64 → crossesRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Chelyan, West Virginia, United States → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

subject surface form: Chelyan, West Virginia

Kanawha River → partOf → Kanawha River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New–Kanawha River system

Ohio River basin → hasTributaryBasin → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River basin

U.S. Route 60 → followsFeature → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River (in West Virginia)

Smithers, West Virginia, United States → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

subject surface form: Smithers, West Virginia

Smithers, West Virginia, United States → region → Kanawha River ⓘ

subject surface form: Smithers, West Virginia

this entity surface form: Kanawha River valley

Cornstalk → associatedWithPlace → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River region

Summersville Dam → floodControlFor → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River system

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia → locatedOnRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia → isPartOfWatershed → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River watershed

Haddad Riverfront Park → locatedOnWaterbody → Kanawha River ⓘ

Haddad Riverfront Park → adjacentTo → Kanawha River ⓘ

Kanawha County, West Virginia → namedAfter → Kanawha River ⓘ

Kanawha County, West Virginia → hasMajorRiver → Kanawha River ⓘ

Elk River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ

Elk River → flowsInto → Kanawha River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia

Coal River → tributaryOf → Kanawha River ⓘ