Broad River

American  

noun

1. a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.

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Broad River

While visiting the Broad River, a couple showed him an unusual fish they had caught and placed in a cooler.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026

In the aftermath, buildings, railroad cars, and trees lining the French Broad River in the town’s center were completely turned upside down.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports Charlie Chang said his feet were on the backpack he plucked from the French Broad River and placed in his kayak Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2018

The lake was created in the 1920s by damming the Broad River, and today it is an active tourist destination that embraces “Dirty Dancing” every bit as much as the Mountain Lake Lodge does.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2017

You farmers of the hills of Georgia, from the mountains of the Carolinas and Tennessee, aye, from the North Cumberland valley, from the French Broad River, even from that great blue grass country of Kentucky.

From The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South by Broadus Mitchell