Broad River (Georgia)

The Broad River is a major tributary of the Savannah River in northeastern Georgia. The North Fork of the Broad River begins in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Stephens County, then joins the Hudson River flowing out of Banks County. Most of its course runs across the Piedmont Plateau, ending where it flows into the Savannah River in what is now innundated by the Strom Thurmond Reservoir, U.S.C.O.E. in Elbert County, Georgia. It remains one of the the least developed watersheds in the Georgia Piedmont. [University of Georgia, Broad River Watershed Protection Project. Retrieved 2008/08/06.]

Efforts to protect the Broad River as one of Georgia's last free-flowing rivers include a local group, the [http://www.brwa.org/about/show/1 Broad River Watershed Association] [ [http://www.brwa.org/about/show/1 Broad River Watershed Association] Retrieved 2008/08/06] , as well as legislative protection at the federal, state, and county levels. The Broad is known for its relatively unspoiled nature, with numerous shoals and mild rapids snaking through farmlands and bounded by bluffs of up to 200 feet in height.

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