Broad River (Carolinas)

Broad River
The Broad River near Blacksburg, South Carolina
Map of the Santee River watershed showing the Broad River.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina, South Carolina
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBlack Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina
 • elevation2,890 ft (880 m)
MouthCongaree River
 • location
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
 • elevation
128 ft (39 m)
Length150 mi (240 km)
Discharge 
 • locationCongaree River, Columbia, South Carolina
Basin features
ProgressionBroad → CongareeSanteeAtlantic Ocean
River systemBroad River
Tributaries 
 • leftLittle River, Green River
 • rightPacolet River, Enoree River

The Broad River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 150 miles (240 km) long,[1] in western North Carolina and northern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Congaree, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

  1. ^ Houghton Mifflin Company (1997). The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-395-86448-8
  2. ^ DeLorme (1998). South Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-237-4

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