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The East River is a short tributary of the New River in Mercer County, West Virginia and a small portion of Giles County, Virginia, in the United States. Via the New, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
The New River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States. ...
Mercer County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ...
Giles County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ...
The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 miles (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...
Carl D. Perkins Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio with Ohio River and Scioto River tributary on right. ...
Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ...
A watershed is either (1) a region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean or (2) a topographical boundary between catchment basins. ...
The East River rises from East River Mountain near Bluefield, West Virginia and flows generally east-northeaswardly through Mercer County, past the town of Oakvale. It joins the New River just after entering Virginia, at the town of Glen Lyn. Bluefield is a city located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ...
Oakvale is a town located in Mercer County, West Virginia. ...
Glen Lyn is a town located in Giles County, Virginia. ...
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