Williams River (West Virginia)
| Williams River | |
|---|---|
Williams River in the Monongahela National Forest. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Pocahontas, Webster |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Beaverdam Run |
| • location | Day Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV |
| • coordinates | 38°14′47″N 80°09′54″W / 38.24639°N 80.16500°W |
| • elevation | 3,892 ft (1,186 m) |
| 2nd source | Downy Run |
| • location | Day Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV |
| • coordinates | 38°14′03″N 80°09′32″W / 38.23417°N 80.15889°W |
| • elevation | 3,975 ft (1,212 m) |
| Source confluence | |
| • location | Pocahontas County, WV |
| • coordinates | 38°13′43″N 80°01′10″W / 38.22861°N 80.01944°W |
| • elevation | 3,448 ft (1,051 m) |
| Mouth | Gauley River |
• location | Donaldson, WV |
• coordinates | 38°23′06″N 80°30′48″W / 38.38500°N 80.51333°W |
• elevation | 2,169 ft (661 m) |
| Length | 33 mi (53 km) |
| Basin size | 132 sq mi (340 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dyer, WV |
| • average | 30 cu ft/s (0.85 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.62 cu ft/s (0.018 m3/s)(1995) |
| • maximum | 1,840 cu ft/s (52 m3/s)(1971) |
The Williams River is a tributary of the Gauley River, 33 miles (53 km) long, in east-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 132 square miles (342 km2) in a sparsely populated region of the southern Allegheny Mountains and the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.