GREENBRIER RIVER

The 'Greenbrier River' is a tributary of the New River, 162 miles (261 km) long,McNeel, William P. "Greenbrier River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5. in southeastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,656 square miles (4,289 km²).
The Greenbrier is formed at Durbin in northern Pocahontas County by the confluence of the 'East Fork Greenbrier River'^[1] and the 'West Fork Greenbrier River'^[1], both of which are short streams rising at elevations exceeding 3,600 feet (1,100 m) and flowing for their entire lengths in northern Pocahontas County.DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3. From Durbin the Greenbrier flows generally south-southwestwardly through Pocahontas, Greenbrier and Summers Counties, past the communities of Cass, Stony Bottom, Marlinton, Falling Spring, Ronceverte and Alderson to Hinton, where it flows into the New River.
The Greenbrier is the only major undammed river in West Virginia, and is heavily used for recreational pursuits. Its upper reaches flow through the Monongahela National Forest, and it is paralleled for 77 miles (124 km) by the Greenbrier River Trail, a rail trail which runs between the communities of Cass and North Caldwell.^[3]

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Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Greenbrier River has also been known historically as:

★ Green Briar River

★ Green Brier 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-cepe-we

★ Weotowe

See also

★ Battle of Greenbrier River

★ Bushes Island

★ Johnson Island

★ List of West Virginia rivers

References

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3. Greenbrier River Trail website

External links

★ Map of the Greenbrier River watershed