Friday, April 4, 2025

Home Mountainous West Virginia haunted by the ghosts of ancient rivers Preglacial West Virginia Rivers

Preglacial West Virginia Rivers

David Sibray At Grandview West Virginia

Many rivers in northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania drained north; those in the west drained west. (Map courtesy Brian Bowling)

Ohio and Allegheny and Monongahela

New Martinsville, West Virginia, by Ronald Schupbach

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