New River
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- proper noun
- The headwaters region of the New River has a history of strained relationships with the federal government and with the state governments of North Carolina and Virginia.
- New River Partners
- New River AHRI
- designation of the New River
Examples
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Sandstone Falls is at the lower end of the New River Gorge National River system, 9 miles north of Hinton on CR-28.
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PHOTO (COLOR): A view from under the New River Bridge.
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In the case of the New River, the American Heritage Rivers Program encouraged the formation of a partnership, the New River Partners (NRP).
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Their organizational skills, investment of time, hard work, and available human resources made them an instrumental part of the campaign for the designation of the New River as an American Heritage River.
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One of the most outstanding man-made features of West Virginia is the 3,030-foot New River Bridge, located on US-19 near Fayetteville.
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Roughly a year later, President Clinton and Vice President Gore sat before a crowd of supporters on the banks of the New River in the mountains of North Carolina to inaugurate the Initiative.
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In collaborating to achieve the designation of the New River as an American Heritage River, representatives of chambers of commerce, universities, local businesses, environmental groups, and heritage tourism groups found ways to make their diverse projects compatible with each other.
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The New River flows through the scenic landscapes of Virginia and West Virginia.
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During our trip, we kayaked on the New River, enjoying its beautiful surroundings.
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The New River is known for its stunning gorges and rich biodiversity.
Surface Forms
Morphology
New + river
This is a place name built from the transparent combination 'New' + 'river', so a learner who knows both words will readily recognise it as a river called 'New'. As a proper noun it does not convey geographic details or whether the river is literally new, but the adjective+noun composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
New River may come from early settlers who called it the 'new' river when they first found it, to show it was different from rivers they already knew. So the simple name New River stayed and is the name used today.