Broad River (Congaree River)
| Broad River | ||
 Catchment area of the Santee River , center: Broad River |
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| Water code | US : 1251826 | |
| location | North Carolina and South Carolina , USA | |
| River system | Santee River | |
| Drain over | Congaree → Santee → Atlantic | |
| source | in the Blue Ridge Mountains in eastern Buncombe County 35 ° 33 ′ 42 ″ N , 82 ° 18 ′ 32 ″ W |
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| confluence | in Columbia with the Saluda River to the Congaree River Coordinates: 34 ° 0 '32 " N , 81 ° 3' 36" W 34 ° 0 '32 " N , 81 ° 3' 36" W
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| length | 240 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Lure | |
 The Broad River near Blacksburg , South Carolina |
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The Broad River is one of the headwaters of the Congaree River . It is about 240 kilometers long and flows in western North Carolina and in the north of the neighboring state of South Carolina in the southeastern United States of America . When it flows into the Congaree, the Broad River becomes part of the catchment area of the Santee River , which flows into the Atlantic .
course
The Broad River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains in eastern Buncombe County in North Carolina and flows in a south-southeast direction through and along the boundaries of Rutherford , Polk , Cleveland and Cherokee Counties in North Carolina; in South Carolina it flows through or along counties of York , Union , Chester , Fairfield , Newberry, and Richland . In North Carolina, the river to Lake Lure is dammed; in South Carolina, he passed the Sumter National Forest and the communities Cherokee Falls and Lockhart before by the confluence with the Saluda River in Columbia is the Congaree River.
Major tributaries of the Broad River include the Green , Second Broad and First Broad Rivers in North Carolina, as well as the Bowens , Pacolet , Sandy , Tyger , Enoree and Little Rivers in South Carolina.
Alternative names
According to the Geographic Names Information System , the Broad River has also been referred to by other names:
- Eswa Huppeday
- Eswaspuddenah
- Line River
- Main Broad River
- Eswan Happedaw
During colonial times , the river was also known as the English Broad River to distinguish it from the French Broad River , which also rises in western North Carolina but flows northwest to what was then New France .
Individual evidence
- ^ Houghton Mifflin Company (1997). The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-395-86448-8
- ↑ a b c d DeLorme (1998). South Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer , Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-237-4
- ↑ Columbia Gazetteer of North America: Broad River ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c DeLorme (2001). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer , Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-277-3
- ↑ Broad River in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
