West River
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Rivers

Canada
  • West River (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
    Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
    Antigonish County, Nova Scotia is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in northern Nova Scotia on the Northumberland Strait and its county seat is the town of Antigonish.-History:...

  • West River (Pictou, Nova Scotia) in Pictou County, Nova Scotia
    Pictou County, Nova Scotia
    Pictou County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It was established in 1835, and was formerly a part of Halifax County from 1759 to 1835. It had a population of 46,513 people in 2006, which represents a decline of 6.3 percent from 1991. It is the sixth most populous county in Nova...

  • West River (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
    Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
    Sheet Harbour is a small community on the eastern shore of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada in the Musquodoboit/Sheet Harbour region of the Marine Drive on Trunk 7, 87.44 kilometers from Halifax.-History:...

  • West River (Annapolis, Nova Scotia) in Kejimkujik National Park
    Kejimkujik National Park
    Kejimkujik National Park is part of the Canadian National Parks system, located in the province of Nova Scotia...

  • West River (Ontario)
    West River (Ontario)
    The West River is a river in the Whitefish River and Lake Huron drainage basins in southwestern Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada....

    , in Sudbury District


United States
  • West River (Connecticut)
    West River (Connecticut)
    The West River is a freshwater stream in southern Connecticut. It flows through the towns of Bethany, Woodbridge, and New Haven before discharging into the West Haven Harbor....

  • West River (Maine)
    West River (Maine)
    The West River is a short river in Addison, Maine. From its source , the river runs about to its confluence with the Indian River at the head of Wohoa Bay.-References:**...

  • West River (Maryland)
    West River (Maryland)
    The West River is a tidal tributary of Chesapeake Bay in southern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the Rhode River, which is one of its tributaries, and north of Herring Bay....

  • West River (Massachusetts)
    West River (Massachusetts)
    The West River, in the US state of Massachusetts, is a tributary of the Blackstone River.-Course:It originates in the towns of Grafton and Upton, Massachusetts, near the Upton State Forest, at Silver Lake and Cider Mill Pond in Grafton, and crosses into the eastern portion of Northbridge, passes...

  • West River (New York)
  • West River (Rhode Island)
    West River (Rhode Island)
    The West River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately and is the only named tributary of the Moshassuck River. It has a history of providing water to textile mills during the Industrial Revolution as evidenced by the 7 dams along the river's length.-Course:The West...

  • West River (Vermont)
    West River (Vermont)
    The West River is a tributary of the Connecticut River, about long, in southern Vermont in the United States. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Wantastiquet" and as "Waters of the Lonely Way"...



Elsewhere
  • The Xijiang River
    Xijiang River
    The Xi River is the western tributary of the Pearl River in China. It is formed by the confluence of the Gui and Xun Rivers in Wuzhou, Guangxi. It then flows east through Guangdong, and enters the Pearl River Delta just east of the Lingyang Gorge in Zhaoqing. The main branch of the Xi flows...

     in southern China, called the West River, a literal translation of its name

Locations

Canada
  • West River, Ontario
    West River, Ontario
    West River is an unincorporated community in the geographic township of Mongowin, Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is named for the West River, which flows through the community just upstream of its mouth at the Whitefish River....

    , an unincorporated place in Sudbury District


United States
  • West River, Maryland
    West River, Maryland
    West River is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States....

    , a town
  • West River, Wyoming
    West River, Wyoming
    West River is a census-designated place in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 321 at the 2000 census.-Geography:West River is located at ....

    , a town
  • West River (South Dakota)
    West River (South Dakota)
    West River is the portion of the state of South Dakota located west of the Missouri River with well over one-half of the land area and between one-quarter and one-third of the population of the state. Usually pronounced "Wes-triver" by locals, it contrasts with "East River."The contrast between...

    , a region name
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