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Meadow River
Meadow River at Russellville in July 2014
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesGreenbrier, Nicholas
Physical characteristics
SourceEagle Branch
 • locationLittle Sewell Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV
 • coordinates37°46′54″N 080°42′26″W / 37.78167°N 80.70722°W / 37.78167; -80.70722
2nd sourceCallahan Branch
 • locationBennett's Mountain, Greenbrier County, WV
Source confluenceGrassy Meadows, West Virginia
 • locationGreenbrier County, WV
 • coordinates37°53′38″N 080°42′17″W / 37.89389°N 80.70472°W / 37.89389; -80.70472
MouthGauley River
 • location
Carnifex Ferry, WV
 • coordinates
38°11′36″N 080°56′40″W / 38.19333°N 80.94444°W / 38.19333; -80.94444
Discharge 
 • locationCarnifex Ferry

The Meadow River is a tributary of the Gauley River, making its headwaters in Greenbrier County and terminating in Nicholas County of West Virginia. It is named for the grassy meadows wetlands which its upper watershed drains, and from which it springs.[1]

  1. ^ "GNIS Entry". Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-19.

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