What is the age of the New River?
From the headwaters of the New River at Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to the junction of the Kanawha River with the Ohio River, there is a valley demonstrating the enormous powers of erosion by running water. Because this river transects the Appalachian Mountains, people have attempted to assign an age to the river based on the age of the mountains; all estimates are uncertain and hypothetical. We cannot scientifically define a precise age for the New River because there is no method to date rivers.
