Broad Run | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Fauquier County, Virginia |
• elevation | 138 feet (42 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Occoquan River |
Length | 38.0 miles (61.2 km) |
Broad Run is a 38.0-mile-long (61.2 km)[1] tributary of the Occoquan River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It rises in Fauquier County and passes through Thoroughfare Gap. A gazetteer from the mid-nineteenth century described it as a small stream, a valuable mill stream.[2]
The creek should not be confused with the nearby Broad Run (a tributary of the Potomac River) that flows through Loudoun County, Virginia.
It ultimately feeds the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.