Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient drops enough to form a bubbly, or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white. The term is also used loosely to refer to less-turbulent but still agitated flows.
The term "whitewater" also has a broader meaning, applying to any river or creek itself that has a significant number of rapids. The term is also used as an adjective describing boating on such rivers, such as whitewater kayaking.
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American Whitewater - Features news, articles, events, information on safety, and contacts.
Asheville Area Boating Beta Page - Information on some of the more popular runs near Asheville, NC, including water level links to online gauges.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to boatingbeta.com. This site provides information (i.e., beta) on the most popular whitewater runs, park-and-play spots, squirt boating destinations and flat water paddled by Asheville, NC canoeists and kayakers. You'll find real time streamflows, rainfall totals and weather forecasts, p... ]
Bill's Whitewater Page - Information about whitewater in southwestern Virginia, including pictures and gauge correlations.
Meta Description: [ Pictures of whitewater in southwestern Virginia and gauge correlations for the region ]
Bluegrass Wildwater Association - Based in Lexington, Kentucky. Includes events, newsletter, and related links. Also provides information about the National Paddling Film Festival hosted by the BWA.
Meta Description: [ Whitewater club in Kentucky that promotes use of rivers and streams for canoeing and kayaking. Yearly clinic and pool instruction for new members. ]
Boater Talk - Discuss current whitewater issues, new boats, river access. Share paddling stories and ask and answer questions. Expand your personal paddling community.
Meta Description: [ Whitewater kayaking and rafting information ]
California Kayaking and Rafting Info Page - California paddling information and local river discussions.
Central Virginia Whitewater - Photo-oriented journal of whitewater trips originating in central Virginia and surrounding states. Photos from the Maury River and Passage Creek, and links to American Whitewater.
Distinguished Outdoor Destinations of America - Details on 6 rafting, canoeing and kayaking outfitters in New Jersey, South Carolina, Ohio, Missouri, Florida, and Minnesota
Meta Description: [ Rafting, canoeing and kayaking outfitters in S.Carolina, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, New Jersey and Minnesota ]
East Tennessee Whitewater Club - Includes meetings, event calendar, practices and clinics, photos, membership information, and river and whitewater links. Based in Oak Ridge.
Meta Description: [ A dedicated website for whitewater paddlers in East Tennessee>
Eastern Paddling - Trip reports and photographs from Pennsylvania and West Virginia river trips.
Meta Description: [ A site dedicated to whitewater paddling in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland & more with river descriptions, trip reports & the River Rat Chronicles. ]
Genesee Waterways Center - Located in Rochester NY. Has only permanent whitewater training facility in Upstate NY. Instruction offered in many disciplines.
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H2O Adventures Online - A white water and sea kayaking school in Quebec. Directions, general information, schedule, profile, and contacts.
Meta Description: [ H2O Adventures is more than just a paddling school, it is one of Canada's premier outdoor adventure and corporate adventure providers. Checkout our Teambuilding activities, Youth programs, Pool Courses, Expeditions and of course, H2O Island. ]
John Brill's Whitewater Paddling - Personal whitewater paddling photos.
Kayakojacko - Kayaking and canoeing coaching and holiday provision. Specialising in freestyle, whitewater and surf canoeing.
Meta Description: [ kayakojacko - all the tips and secrets to improve your canoeing and kayking. The best canoeing holidays and coaching on the planet ]
Kongakut River Float - A narrative and photographs of a float trip down the Kongakut River within the wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) July 2002, by Art Timm.
Northwest Montana's River Page - Detailed information on whitewater rafting and kayaking on the rivers of northwest Montana
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Oldman River Canoe and Kayak Association - Joining, rentals, trip and river information.
Paddle South - Find information on the sport in the southeast United States. Features links, contacts, and forum.
Meta Description: [ kayaking canoeing and rafting for georgia, carolina, tennessee, alabama, florida white water kayaking rivers ]
Pennsylvania Cup Slalom Championships - The cup is a series of 5 beginner-level slalom races held each fall in various locations around Pennsylvania. Each race includes a clinic the day before and prizes in many categories. There are also overall series awards.
Perth's White Water Park - Lists benefits of whitewater parks, including sporting and economic development. Allows users to register themselves as supporting a park in Perth, Australia.
Meta Description: [ The proposed White Water Park for Perth where water will be pumped up from a holding lake and then flow down channels creating exciting whitewater for canoeing, rafting and body boarding. ]
Shangri La River Expeditions - Specializing in First Descents of roadless stretches of rivers in China and Tibet. Rafting, and kayaks. Tax-exempt, non-profit organization.
Meta Description: [ Shangri La River Expeditions specializes in trekking and whitewater rafting and kayaking in Tibet and western China. ]
Southeastern Expeditions - Offers whitewater packages on the Ocoee and Chattooga Rivers in Tennessee and Georgia.
Meta Description: [ Chattooga River, whitewater rafting trips on the Chattooga River with Southeastern Expeditions ]
Team Fokiwa - Includes information about the team, events, and news. Also includes information all about whitewater kayaking with a paddlers data base, pictures, stories, and kayak classifieds.
Teton Gravity Research's Liquid Laboratory - Home for the whitewater filming efforts of adventure film producers Teton Gravity Research. Site includes photo galleries, video clips, paddler bios, a users forum and an online store.
Meta Description: [ Extreme kayak and whitewater films. Site includes video clips, kayak forum, crew tracking, paddler bios, a gear catalog, photos and more. NURPU and Val Halla. ]
The boating portal - Lists destinations, events, results interviews as well as the world's largest paddling link list ever. Plus information about creeks, extreme paddling, freestyle, holes, kayaks, paddles, playboating, playboats, playspots and rodeos.
Meta Description: [ Kayak & Canoe News: Kayak Database and Kayak Calendar. Links to kayak schools, canoe and kayak manufacturers and other kayak info. ]
The Colorado Whitewater Association - An all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the safe enjoyment of whitewater sports in Colorado and throughout the Rocky Mountain region.
The RaceXpress Project - Software package for slalom and downriver racing organizers and competitors. Online race registration, automated seeding, start lists and results posting.
Meta Description: [ RaceXpress online whitewater slalom and wildwater race registration and scoring package ]
White Water Learning Center of Georgia - Basic River and Whitewater kayak and canoe instruction, guided river trips, and equipment rentals. Metro Atlanta and North Georgia rivers. Kids' summer kayaking day camp. ACA-certified instructors.
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Whitewater - The whitewater paddlers discussion board and resource center, featuring state by state trip planning, gear swap, USGS real time stream levels, lost and found, river advocacy, events, clinics and an uploadable photo gallery.
Meta Description: [ The whitewater paddlers discussion board & resource center, featuring state by state trip planning, gear swap, USGS real time stream levels, lost and found, river advocacy, events, clinics & an uploadable photo gallery. ]
Whitewater Paddling In and Around Pennsylvania - An annotated collection of links to river gauges, outfitters, equipment suppliers, clubs, racing, release schedules, glossary, book and video reviews and an attempt to collect everything of interest to paddlers in and around Pennsylvania.
Whitewater Slalom Racing - Schedules, announcements, and results relating to whitewater slalom racing. Principally covers USA but is expanding to Canada.
Wild Water Cats - White water canoe and kayak club with membership limited to students and staff of the University of Kentucky and Lexington Community College. Includes officer list, contact information, and related links.
Wilko's White Water Paddling Site - Trip Reports and whitewater paddling carnage pictures.
Meta Description: [ WWW.KAYAKER.NL aka Wilko's white water website ]
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