Bull Run (Occoquan River)

Bull Run (Occoquan River)

Bull Run is a free-flowing tributary stream of the Potomac River that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia and flows south to the Occoquan River. Bull Run serves as the boundary between Loudoun County and Prince William County and Fairfax County and Prince William County.Bull Run is primarily associated with two battles of the American Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run and the Second Battle of Bull Run.

External links

* [http://www.owml.vt.edu/aboutowml.htm Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory (Virginia)]
* [http://www.novaregion.org/occoquan.htm Northern Virginia Regional Commission, Occoquan Basin Nonpoint Pollution Management Program (Virginia)]
* [http://www.pwconserve.org Prince William Conservation Alliance]
* [http://potomacappalachian.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=43 The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club -- Bull Run/Occoquan Trail (Virginia)]

ee also

*List of Virginia rivers


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