French Broad River
| French Broad River | |
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 French Broad River in Henderson County, North Carolina
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| Country | United States |
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| States | North Carolina, Tennessee |
| Part of | Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Pigeon River, Little Pigeon River |
| - right | Swannanoa River, Nolichucky River |
| Primary source | North Fork French Broad River |
| - location | Transylvania County, North Carolina |
| - elevation | 3,189 ft (972 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°15′57″N 82°53′20″W / 35.26583°N 82.88889°W |
| Secondary source | West Fork French Broad River |
| - location | Transylvania County, North Carolina |
| - elevation | 3,440 ft (1,049 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°11′09″N 82°59′01″W / 35.18583°N 82.98361°W |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Rosman, North Carolina |
| - elevation | 2,195 ft (669 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°08′33″N 82°50′19″W / 35.14250°N 82.83861°W |
| Mouth | Tennessee River |
| - location | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| - elevation | 814 ft (248 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°57′33″N 83°51′0″W / 35.95917°N 83.85000°WCoordinates: 35°57′33″N 83°51′0″W / 35.95917°N 83.85000°W |
| Length | 218 mi (351 km) |
| Basin | 5,124 sq mi (13,271 km2) |
| Discharge | for Riverdale, Tennessee, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) above the mouth |
| - average | 7,878 cu ft/s (223 m3/s) (mean for water years 1945–1983) |
| - max | 160,000 cu ft/s (4,531 m3/s) July 1867 |
| - min | 67 cu ft/s (1.9 m3/s) October 1953 |
 French Broad River watershed
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The French Broad River flows 218 miles (351 km) from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville is the beginning of the Tennessee River. The river flows through the counties of Transylvania, Buncombe, Henderson, and Madison in North Carolina, and Cocke, Jefferson, Sevier, and Knox in Tennessee, and drains large portions of the Pisgah National Forest and the Cherokee National Forest.
The French Broad River begins just west of the Eastern Continental Divide. From there it flows northeasterly through the Appalachian Mountains. The river follows a general northeasterly direction through Transylvania, Henderson, and Buncombe counties. In Buncombe County, the river flows through the city of Asheville, where it receives the water of the Swannanoa River. Downstream of Asheville, the river proceeds north through Madison County, where it flows through its county seat, Marshall. After passing through the mountain resort of Hot Springs in the Bald Mountains, the river enters Cocke County, Tennessee.
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