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• Geography

  … 000 population, Beckley, Bluefield, and Martinsburg, are not located on a major stream. A system of 13 "locks and dams":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1428 provides 350 miles of navigation on the Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers. The …

• Geology

  … broad, flat valley extending essentially from Charleston to Huntington (and across southern Ohio), is filled with lake sediments resulting from damming of the ancient river by glaciers at a point near Chillicothe, Ohio. The Ohio River, which did not exist …

• Fishing

  … in the "Ohio":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 and Kanawha rivers, primarily below the navigation locks and dams. The Division of Natural Resources awards trophy citations for 28 species of fish. In addition to those already named, …

• Floods

  … triggered by a complex variety of events. Dam or levee failures represent the most … the failure of poorly designed coal-refuse dams on Buffalo Creek in Logan County on … a single day. Water overflowing Summit Lake Dam flooded Richwood, while Howard’s Creek …

• New Martinsville

  … Community College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1076. New Martinsville is a partner in the Hannibal locks and dam "hydroelectric":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/777 facility. Located on the Ohio River at the north end …

• Lake Tight

  … , glaciers of the Ice Age affected the area by repeatedly damming the ancestral Kanawha River system northwest of present Chillicothe, temporarily … periods of late Illinoian and Wisconsin ponding as glacial sediment choked and dammed the Ohio River.

• Flood of 1937

  … , and the city was in ruins. The 1937 flood prompted the federal government to erect floodwalls to protect Ohio River communities and flood-control dams and reservoirs that in the years since have prevented untold devastation along the Ohio River.

• West Virginia Botanic Garden

  … a boardwalk over a wetland area. Signs detail the plants and animals that live there and explain the extant structures, including the dam, spillway, and the outlet tower. The garden is open daily year round. To protect the site, hunting, fishing, horses, …

• Flood of 2016

  … "Buffalo Creek Disaster":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/697 in Logan County, where a coal slurry settling pond dam collapsed, sending 132 million gallons of water down a narrow, heavily populated valley, killing 125; the "1916 Cabin …