Broad River ( carolinas ) - wikipedia Broad River ( carolinas ) Broad River River The Broad River near Blacksburg, South Carolina Country United States State North Carolina, South Carolina Tributaries - left Little River, Green River - right Pacolet River, Enoree River Source - location Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina - elevation 2,890 ft ( 881 m ) Mouth Congaree River - location Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina - elevation 128 ft ( 39 m ) Length 150 mi ( 241 km ) Map of the Santee River watershed showing the Broad River. For other rivers with the same name, see Broad River ( disambiguation ). The Broad River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 150 miles ( 240 km ) long, 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. Contents 1 Course 2 Dams 3 Crossings 4 Variant names 5 See also 6 References Course The Broad River originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina and flows generally south - southeastwardly, through or along the boundaries of Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland Counties in North Carolina ; and Cherokee, York, Union, Chester, Fairfield, Newberry and Richland Counties in South Carolina. In North Carolina, the river is dammed to form Lake Lure ; in South Carolina it passes through the Sumter National Forest and the communities of Cherokee Falls and Lockhart before joining the Saluda River to form the Congaree River in the city of Columbia. Principal tributaries of the Broad River include the Green, Second Broad and First Broad Rivers in North Carolina ; and the Bowens, Pacolet, Sandy, Tyger, Enoree and Little Rivers in South Carolina. Dams This is an incomplete list of dams starting at Lake Lure and moving downstream North Carolina Lake Lure Cliffside Steam Station ( Duke Energy ) on the Border of Rutherford and Cleveland Counties. South Carolina Gaston Shoals Dam ( Gaffney ) Cherokee Falls Ninety Nine Islands Dam adjacent to the abandoned Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant Dam and canal at Lockhart Neal Shoals Dam Parr Shoals Dam forming Parr Reservoir Columbia Canal and Dam in Columbia Crossings The Broad River is crossed several times by many highways ( Note : this list at times may be incomplete ) North Carolina Rutherford County US 64 / US 74 Alt. NC 108 ( Tryon Road ) Grays Road Union Road US 74 Poors Ford Road Big Island Road Jack McKinney Road US 221 US 221 Alt. Cleveland County NC 150 ( Gaffney Road ) South Carolina Gaffney / Cherokee County SC 18 ( Shelby Highway ) I - 85 US 29 ( Cherokee Avenue ) SC 211 ( Hickory Grove Road ) Chester and Union Counties SC 9 / SC 49 ( Pinkney Road ) in Lockhart SC 72 / SC 215 in Carlisle Fairfield and Newberry Counties SC 34 ( Newberry Road ) SC 213 ( Parr Road ) in Peak Columbia I - 20 US 176 ( Broad River Road ) I - 126 Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Broad River has also been known as Eswa Huppeday Eswawpuddenah Line River Main Broad River Eswan Happedaw It was also known in colonial times as the English Broad River to distinguish it from the French Broad River which also originates in western North Carolina, but flows northwest into what was then part of the claimed territory of New France. The present name is descriptive of the river 's width. See also French Broad River List of North Carolina rivers List of South Carolina rivers References Jump up ^ Houghton Mifflin Company ( 1997 ). The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0 - 395 - 86448 - 8 ^ Jump up to : DeLorme ( 1998 ). South Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine : DeLorme. ISBN 0 - 89933 - 237 - 4 Jump up ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry for Broad River Archived 2005 - 10 - 03 at the Wayback Machine. ^ Jump up to : DeLorme ( 2001 ). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine : DeLorme. ISBN 0 - 89933 - 277 - 3 Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System : Broad River Jump up ^ Lake, William C. ( 22 June 1935 ). `` Names of Union Streams Have Interesting History ''. Spartanburg Herald - Journal. pp. A1. Retrieved 22 April 2015. Coordinates : 34 ° 00 ′ 26 '' N 81 ° 03 ′ 33 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.007356 ° N 81.059137 ° W ﻿ / 34.007356 ; - 81.059137 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broad_River_(Carolinas)&oldid=808147567 '' Categories : Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of South Carolina Bodies of water of Buncombe County, North Carolina Bodies of water of Cherokee County, South Carolina Bodies of water of Chester County, South Carolina Bodies of water of Cleveland County, North Carolina Geography of Columbia, South Carolina Bodies of water of Fairfield County, South Carolina Bodies of water of Newberry County, South Carolina Bodies of water of Polk County, North Carolina Rivers of Richland County, South Carolina Bodies of water of Rutherford County, North Carolina Rivers of Union County, South Carolina Bodies of water of York County, South Carolina Tributaries of the Santee River Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Geobox usage tracking for river type Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cebuano Deutsch Español Français Slovenščina Edit links This page was last edited on 1 November 2017, at 04 : 29. 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Question: where does the broad river start and end
Answer: Congaree River