The Gauley River is a 105-mile-long (169 km) river in West Virginia. It merges with the New River to form the Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River. It is one of the most popular advanced whitewater runs in the Eastern United States and is the chief feature of the Gauley River National Recreation Area.
Read more about Gauley River: Headwaters and Course, Tributaries, Dams, Whitewater Paddling, History, Variant Names
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