West Virginia communities are often defined by rivers and their valleys. Â Rivers and streams tie communities together and provide the paths of least resistance along which commerce travels. Rivers also accommodate some of the state’s principal forms of recreation — fishing, boating, and swimming. Though renowned as a destination for kayaking and whitewater rafting, West Virginia is the source of many sleepy rivers as well.
- Big Sandy River
- Birch River
- Bluestone River
- Buckhannon River
- Cacapon River
- Cheat River
- Cherry River
- Coal River
- Cranberry River
- East River
- Elk River
- Gauley River
- Greenbrier River
- Guyandotte River
- Hughes River
- Kanawha River
- Little Coal River
- Little Kanawha River
- Lost River
- Meadow River
- Monongahela River
- Mud River
- New River
- North Branch Potomac River
- Ohio River
- Pocatalico River
- Potomac River
- Shenandoah River
- South Branch Potomac River
- Tygart Valley River
- West Fork River
- Williams River
- Youghiogheny River