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Greenbrier River

river in West Virginia, United States
River Q1544689

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
river

Location

Country
United States[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 37.654°, -80.885°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Summers County, Monroe County, Greenbrier County, Pocahontas County[1][2][3][4]

Population and size

Length
261 km[13]
More facts +4
Drainage basin
Kanawha River drainage basin[15]
Mouth of the watercourse
New River[6]
Tributary
Knapp Creek, Leatherbark Run, Sitlington Creek, Anthony Creek, Price Run, Stamping Creek[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Watershed area
1,656 sq mi[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Greenbrier River he נהר גרינביר ja グリーンブライアー川 ja グリーンブリア川 zh 格林布賴爾河 zh 綠刺藤河
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh86000387
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Greenbrier River Marlinton.jpg ↗
E-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID
33
Freebase ID
/m/0689pv
GNIS Feature ID
1551294
GeoNames ID
4807615
J9U entity ID
987007539076305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
18657626
Topic's main category
Category:Greenbrier River
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10038745
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["River", "Greenbrier::m32c5"]
Yale LUX ID
place/c02e0c2d-7076-4aae-b784-325a0bf13cfd
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Elevation above sea levelP2044
416 m 2026-09-26 H/STM · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
← Located in or next to body of water 5
Hinton, Marlinton, Ronceverte, Alderson, Falling Spring
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
Pocahontas County, Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
river
Mouth of the watercourse 1
New River
Named after 1
Greenbrier County
← Tributary 1
New River
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Greenbrier River include Greenbrier County[16], a county of West Virginia[17], in United States[18], founded in 1778[19].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Greenbrier River include Greenbrier County[16], a county of West Virginia[17], in United States[18], founded in 1778[19].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14h ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67916: Hindi Translation 04"
  2. 10w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Watershed area → 1,656 square mile
    OpenStreetMap relation ID → 18657626
    Instance of → river
    Country → United States
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap relation ID: 18657626, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/18657626 in United States"
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