Английская Википедия:Cabin Creek (West Virginia)
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Cabin Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, Шаблон:Convert long,[1] in West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of Шаблон:Convert[2] in a coal mining region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
Cabin Creek begins in western Fayette County, approximately Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Coalfield. It flows in southern Kanawha County for most of its course, north-northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Republic, Carbon, Decota, Laing, Quarrier, Holly, Leewood, Eskdale, Ohley, Coal, Giles, Dawes, Miami, Sharon, Ronda, and Dry Branch, to the community of Cabin Creek, where it flows into the Kanawha River. The creek is paralleled by county roads for most of its course, and additionally by the West Virginia Turnpike from Giles to its mouth.[3][4]
Cabin Creek was named for a nearby pioneer's cabin which was raided by Native Americans in the 1740s.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Cabin Creek watershed, 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 0505000602. The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, retrieved 2013-11-14
- ↑ The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed 2013-11-15
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
