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The South Fork New River is a
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in the
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of
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. It stretches from its headwaters at a spring near Blowing Rock and the
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and meanders northward along the northwestern face of the
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through the eastern and central portions of Watauga County and then Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina, passing through the town of Boone. It joins the North Fork New River in Ashe County to form the New River. Its waters ultimately reach the Gulf of Mexico through the
Kanawha River The Kanawha River ( ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 mi (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The largest inland waterway in West Virginia, its valley has been a significant industrial region of the stat ...
, the
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, and the
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. Its tributaries include Winkler's Creek, Boone (Kraut) Creek and Payne Branch.


Middle Fork

The Middle Fork runs between the towns of Blowing Rock and Boone and is fed by tributaries including the Aho Branch Creek (). Due to industrial usage and highway widening projects in the 1970s, much of the Middle Fork was severely ecologically degraded. Since 2000, the Middle Fork Greenway project has been working to create a 6.5-mile recreational greenway between the two cities. Additionally, work is being done to restore native plants and damaged sections of the river.


See also

* New River * North Fork New River


References

Tributaries of the New River (Kanawha River tributary) Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of Ashe County, North Carolina Rivers of Watauga County, North Carolina Rivers of Alleghany County, North Carolina {{AlleghanyCountyNC-geo-stub