West Virginia communities are often defined by rivers and their valleys. 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
- Blueston 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