Twomile Creek is a
tributary
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of the
Kanawha River
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, long,
in
West Virginia
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in the
United States
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. Via the Kanawha and
Ohio
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rivers, it is part of the
watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the
Mississippi River
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, draining an area of
[U.S. Geological Survey. ]National Hydrography Dataset
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Description
Cartographers ...
, area data for Twomile Creek watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code
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050500080301
The National Map
retrieved 2013-11-23 on the
unglaciated
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portion of the
Allegheny Plateau, in the city of
Charleston
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* Charleston, South Carolina
* Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital
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and its vicinity.
Twomile Creek is formed approximately east-northeast of the unincorporated community of
Guthrie by the confluence of the Right Fork Twomile Creek,
[ long,][ which rises approximately north-northwest of the unincorporated community of Elk Hills, and flows southwestward; and Edens Fork,][ long,][ which rises approximately northwest of Elk Hills and flows westward. From the confluence of these forks, Twomile Creek flows westward and southward, through Guthrie, to its mouth at the Kanawha River in the city of Charleston.][The National Map]
accessed 2013-11-23[ which rises approximately north-northwest of Guthrie and flows generally southward.][
]
See also
* List of rivers of West Virginia
References
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Rivers of West Virginia
Rivers of Kanawha County, West Virginia
Geography of Charleston, West Virginia
Tributaries of the Kanawha River