North America offers many excellent white water kayaking opportunities.  Guide books provide detailed kayaking information. Length of trip, difficulty or skill level, conditions to be expected and more can be found inside these reference books. There are many white water kayaking guide books available. Here are a few of the popular ones.

Appalachian Whitewater: The Southern States

The Appalachian Mountains offer white water kayakers a wide variety of riverways to explore. Rivers in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia are included in this guide book.
Data sheets give readers quick information including levels of difficulty, water levels, grade, volume, USGS quads, dangers and more. Detailed river maps are provided along with diagrams of select rapids.

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