<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Map of the Kanawha River and its tributary the New River, with the Kanawha River highlighted in darker blue . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Kanawha River (/ kəˈnɔːə / kə - NAW - ə) 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, it has formed a significant industrial region of the state since early in the 19th century . </P> <P> It is formed at the town of Gauley Bridge in northwestern Fayette County, approximately 35 mi (56 km) SE of Charleston, by the confluence of the New and Gauley rivers . It flows generally northwest, in a winding course on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, through Fayette, Kanawha, Putnam, and Mason counties, past the cities of Charleston and St. Albans, and numerous smaller communities . It joins the Ohio at Point Pleasant . </P> <P> Paleo - Indians, the earliest indigenous peoples, lived in the valley and the heights by 10,000 BC as evidenced by archaeological artifacts such as Clovis points . A succession of prehistoric cultures developed, with the Adena culture beginning the construction of numerous skilled earthwork mounds and enclosures more than 2000 years ago . Some of the villages of the Fort Ancient culture survived into the times of European contact . </P>

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