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Birthplace of Rivers

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Here mountain waters divide into many rivers. The Greenbrier, Gauley, and Elk begin south and west toward the Kanawha; the Jackson flows east to the James; northward the South Branch goes to the Potomac, and the Cheat and Tygard to the Monongahela.
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Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
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