Broad Run is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
of the
Potomac River
The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved Augus ...
in
Montgomery County,
Maryland
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. The
headwaters
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
The ...
of the stream originate west of the town of
Poolesville, and the creek flows southward for
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed August 15, 2011 to the Potomac River.
[Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (MCDEP). Rockville, MD]
"Broad Run Watershed Study."
February 2001. The Broad Run and its watershed are almost entirely within the
Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve.
Tributaries of Broad Run
* Wasche Road Tributary
* Big John Run
See also
*
Broad Run (Loudoun County, Virginia)
Broad Run is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia. The creek, located between Goose Creek and Sugarland Run, principally drains portions of eastern Loudoun County, as well as a small portion of western Fairfax County.
Th ...
*
List of Maryland rivers
List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.
By drainage basin
Delaware River
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References
* MCDEP
"The Broad Run, Horsepen Branch, and Western County Potomac Drainages."Accessed 2010-04-27.
Rivers of Montgomery County, Maryland
Rivers of Maryland
Tributaries of the Potomac River
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