Dry Fork (Cheat River)
| Dry Fork | |
| River | |
 The Dry Fork near Harman
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| Country | United States |
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| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Tucker, Randolph |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Glady Fork, Laurel Fork, Otter Creek |
| - right | Red Creek |
| Cities | Hendricks, Harman |
| Source | |
| - location | Col between Harper and Yokum knobs, Randolph County |
| - elevation | 3,740 ft (1,140 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°44′01″N 79°38′52″W / 38.73361°N 79.64778°W |
| Mouth | Confluence with Blackwater River |
| - location | Hendricks, Tucker County |
| - elevation | 1,700 ft (518 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°04′20″N 79°37′45″W / 39.07222°N 79.62917°WCoordinates: 39°04′20″N 79°37′45″W / 39.07222°N 79.62917°W |
| Discharge | for Hendricks |
| - average | 756 cu ft/s (21 m3/s) (2005) |
 Map of the Monongahela River basin, with Dry Fork highlighted.
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The Dry Fork is a 39.1-mile-long (62.9 km)tributary of the Black Fork of the Cheat River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. Via the Black Fork, the Cheat, and the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Dry Fork flows for much of its length in the Monongahela National Forest and drains mostly rural and forested areas. It was traditionally considered one of the five Forks of Cheat.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Dry Fork has also been known historically as Dry Run. The stream's name derives from the occurrence of underground passages through which portions of the stream flow, leaving a dry streambed on the surface at times during the year. (See Sinks of Gandy)
The Dry Fork rises between Rich Mountain and Little Middle Mountain in eastern Randolph County and initially flows north-northeastwardly, past the towns of Whitmer, Job, and Harman. After it enters Tucker County (at Dryfork) it turns to the northwest and flows to the town of Hendricks, where it meets the Blackwater River to form the Black Fork.
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