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The Cranberry River is a tributary of the Gauley River located in southeastern West Virginia in the United States.〔DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.〕 It is a part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Gauley, Kanawha, and Ohio Rivers, draining an area of .〔Grafton, Emily. 2006. "Cranberry River." ''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.〕 The river has also been known historically as Cranberry Creek. ==Geography== The Cranberry River is formed in southwestern Pocahontas County by the confluence of its North and South forks.〔 The South Fork, the longer of the two at a length of ,〔 rises on Cranberry Mountain just west of the Highland Scenic Highway before flowing through the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area. The North Fork rises about north on Black Mountain. Below the confluence of its forks, the Cranberry flows for generally westward towards its mouth at the Gauley River near Craigsville. Since the river flows mostly through United States Forest Service land, no more than a handful of people live along its banks; the few that do reside near the mouth of the river. However, the Cranberry River has several pay campgrounds, free campsites, and picnic areas along its banks.〔(Big Rock Campground ), (Cranberry Campground ), (Cranberry River campsites ), (Woodbine Picnic Area ), in the Monongahela National Forest〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cranberry River (West Virginia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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