Greenbrier River

Greenbrier River in Marlinton, West Virginia

Catchment area of ​​the Greenbrier River

The Greenbrier River in Greenbrier County Anthony

The Greenbrier River is a right tributary of the New River in the southwest of the U.S. state of West Virginia and has a length of 261 km.

About New River, Kanawha River and Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 4287 km ².

The Greenbrier River has its origin in Durbin by the confluence of the East Fork Greenbrier River and West Fork Greenbrier River, which are both only a short watercourses and in more than 1000 m rise above sea level and extend along its entire length in the north of Pocahontas County. Below Durbin, the river generally follows a south- south-west direction of flow through Pocahontas, Greenbrier and Summers County and happened while the settlements Cass, Stony Bottom, Marlinton, Falling Spring, Ronceverte and Alderson, before it flows into the New River in Hinton.

The Greenbrier River is the only major non- pent River in West Virginia and is widely used for the purpose of leisure and recreation. Its headwaters lie within the Monongahela National Forest, and is accompanied by 124 km in length from the Greenbrier River Trail between Cass and North Caldwell.

Name Variants

According to the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey of Greenbrier River was historically known by several other names:

• Greenbriar River
• Greenbrier River
• Green Bryar River
• Greenbriar River
• O- ne -pa - ke
• O- ne -pa - ke- cepe
• Onepake
• Riviere de la Ronceverte
• We- o -to -we
• We- o -to -we- we cepe
• Weotowe