Rivers
Further information: West Virginia WaterwaysRivers with commercial barge traffic and docks in West Virginia include:
- Ohio
- Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
- Monongahela (the Mon and the Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Little Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
- Big Sandy (a tributary of the Ohio)
- Elk (a tributary of the Kanawha)
- Pocatalico (a tributary of the Kanawha)
- Mill Creek (a tributary of the Ohio)
Navigation Lock and Dams in West Virginia
- On the Ohio
- New Cumberland Locks and Dam
- Pike Island Locks and Dam
- Hannibal Locks and Dam
- Willow Island Locks and Dam
- Belleville Locks and Dam
- Racine Locks and Dam
- Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam
- On the Kanawha
- London Lock and Dam
- Marmet Lock and Dam
- Winfield Lock and Dam
- On the Monogahela
- Morgantown Lock and Dam
- Hildebrand Lock and Dam
- Opekiska Lock and Dam
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