Fluss in North Carolina - Catawba River, New River, Pacolet River, Roanoke River, Pee Dee River, Neuse River, Broad River, Chowan River (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Catawba River, New River, Pacolet River, Roanoke River, Pee Dee River, Neuse River, Broad River, Chowan River, Yadkin River, Cape Fear River, Tar River, French Broad River, Chattooga River, Pamlico River, Uwharrie Lakes Region. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The French Broad River flows from near the village of Rosman, NC, in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the State of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville, Tennessee, is the geographically-arbitrary beginning of the river named the Tennessee River. The French Broad River was named by white settlers centuries ago since it was one of the two broad rivers in western North Carolina . The one which flowed into land claimed by France at that time was named the "French Broad River," whereas the other which stayed in land claimed by England - the Colony of North Carolina - was named the "English Broad River." (The latter was was later renamed simply the "Broad River." The name of the French Broad River in French was the Agiqua River, but nobody seems to know what the Native Americans of this area - the Cherokee Indians - called these two rivers. However, the Cherokees did name the Tennessee River. The French Broad River begins just west of the Eastern Continental Divide, and from there, it flows northwesterly through the Appalachian Mountains. This river follows a general northwesterly direction as it flows through Transylvania County, Henderson County, and Buncombe County. In Buncombe County, the river flows through the city of Asheville, where receives the water of the Swannanoa River. Downstream of Asheville, the river proceeds north through Madison County, where it flows through its county seat of Marshall. Next, the French Broad River flows into the State of Tennessee. In Cocke County, Tennessee, the French Broad River receives the waters of both the Pigeon River and the Nolichucky River, after which the French Broad River i...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d