Gauley River

Gauley River
Gauley River
	Sweet's Falls on the Gauley River
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Randolph, Webster, Nicholas, Fayette
Physical characteristics
Source	North Fork Gauley River
• location	Gauley Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV
• coordinates	38°25′42″N 80°10′22″W / 38.42833°N 80.17278°W
• elevation	4,000 ft (1,200 m)
2nd source	South Fork Gauley River
• location	Pocahontas County, WV
• coordinates	38°22′43″N 80°12′52″W / 38.37861°N 80.21444°W
• elevation	3,937 ft (1,200 m)
3rd source	Middle Fork Gauley River
• location	Pocahontas County, WV
• coordinates	38°23′21″N 80°11′29″W / 38.38917°N 80.19139°W
• elevation	3,844 ft (1,172 m)
Source confluence	Three Forks of Gauley
• location	Webster County, WV
• coordinates	38°24′33″N 80°14′17″W / 38.40917°N 80.23806°W
• elevation	2,917 ft (889 m)
Mouth	Kanawha River
• location	Gauley Bridge, WV
• coordinates	38°09′42″N 81°11′47″W / 38.16167°N 81.19639°W
• elevation	660 ft (200 m)
Discharge
• location	Belva, WV
• average	2,680 cu ft/s (76 m3/s)
• minimum	341 cu ft/s (9.7 m3/s)(1976)
• maximum	12,900 cu ft/s (370 m3/s)(1987)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Miller Mill Run, Williams River, Cranberry River, Meadow River

The Gauley River is a 105-mile-long (169 km)^[3] river in West Virginia. It merges with the New River to form the Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River. The river features numerous recreational whitewater areas, including those in Gauley River National Recreation Area downstream of the Summersville Dam.