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. Much of the river's course through West Virginia is designated as the New River Gorge National River. The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 miles (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia and Palmyra Atoll (an uninhabited incorporated unorganized territory), form the United States of America. ... State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley (D) Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... State nickname: Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Governor Joe Manchin (D) Official languages English Area 62,809 km² (41st)  - Land 62,436 km²  - Water 376 km² (0. ... New River Gorge National River is a National Park Service-owned park designed to the protect the New River) Gorge in southern West Virginia. ...

It is formed by the confluence of the South Fork New River and the North Fork New River in Ashe County, North Carolina, then flows through southwestern Virginia, and into West Virginia, where it joins the Gauley River to form the Kanawha. The South Fork New River stretches from its headwaters at a spring near Blowing Rock and the Eastern Continental Divide and meanders northward along the nortwestern face of the Blue Ridge through the eastern and central portions of Watauga County and then Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina, passing through... The North Fork New River is a river in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Ashe County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ... State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley (D) Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... The Gauley River is one of the most popular advanced whitewater runs in the Eastern United States. ...

Despite its name, the river is considered by geologists to be one of the oldest rivers in the world, between 10 million and 360 million years old. It is sometimes considered to be second in age only to the Nile River. The New River is one of the Heritage Rivers of the United States. A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. ... There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The...

It is the home to many species of fish suitable for fishing including bass, trout, walleye, muskellunge, crappie, bluegill, carp, or flathead and channel catfish. Groups Conodonta Hyperoartia Petromyzontidae (lampreys) Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Thelodonti Anaspida Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Galeaspida Pituriaspida Osteostraci Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Placodermi Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodii Osteichthyes (bony fish) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded)* water-dwelling... Largemouth Bass Bass (rhyming with mass) is a name shared by many different species of popular game fish. ... Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ... Binomial name Sander vitreus (Mitchill, 1818) This article is about the fish; for the terms related to the eye, see Iris (anatomy) and Strabismus. ... Binomial name Esox masquinongy Mitchill, 1824 Muskellunge or muskie (Esox masquinongy) are large, relatively rare freshwater fish of North America. ... Species   - white crappie   - black crappie Pomoxis Rafinesque, 1818, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ... Binomial name Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a species of freshwater fish. ... Genera Abramis Aristichthys Barbodes Carassius Cirrhinus Ctenopharyngodon Cyprinus Epalzeorhynchos Henicorhynchus Hypophthalmichthys Labeo Mylopharyngodon and others Carp swarm in great numbers to eat feed thrown by tourists in Urfa, Turkey. ... Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Hypophthalmidae Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Parakysidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ...

The New River is spanned by the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia. New River Gorge Bridge The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel-arch bridge, in West Virginia near Fayetteville, and was for many years, with a length of 3030 feet (924 m) the longest in the world of that type. ... Fayetteville is a town located in Fayette County, West Virginia. ...

See also

• List of North Carolina rivers
• List of Virginia rivers
• List of West Virginia rivers

This is a partial list of rivers in the state of North Carolina in the United States: Allgator River Black River Board River Cane River Cape Fear River Cashie River Catawba River Cheoah River Chowan River Cullasaja River Deep River French Broad River Great Pee Dee River Haw River Linville... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Virginia, as listed in The Hornbook of Virginia History (1994 edition). ... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...

External links

• Friends of the New River
• Fishing in the New River
• National Committee for the New River
• New River State Park