Glady Fork | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
Counties | Randolph, Tucker |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | West Fork Glady Fork |
• location | Lynn Divide, Randolph County |
• coordinates | 38°44′08″N 79°45′56″W / 38.73556°N 79.76556°W |
• elevation | 3,154 ft (961 m)[2] |
2nd source | East Fork Glady Fork |
• location | Middle Mountain, Randolph County, WV |
• coordinates | 38°42′48″N 79°44′05″W / 38.71333°N 79.73472°W |
• elevation | 3,707 ft (1,130 m)[3] |
Source confluence | |
• location | Glady, WV |
• coordinates | 38°48′03″N 79°43′07″W / 38.80083°N 79.71861°W |
• elevation | 2,841 ft (866 m) |
Mouth | Dry Fork[4] |
• location | Gladwin, WV |
• coordinates | 39°00′33″N 79°32′48″W / 39.00917°N 79.54667°W |
• elevation | 1,946 ft (593 m)[4] |
Length | 32 mi (51 km)[1] |
Basin size | 64 sq mi (170 km2)[5] |
Glady Fork is a 31.9-mile-long (51.3 km)[1] river in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is considered one of the five principal headwaters tributaries of the Cheat River — known as the Forks of Cheat.