![]() The 243 km (151mi) long Black River is another blackwater river in South Carolina. The 354 km (220 mi) long Edisto River is one of the longest free-flowing blackwater rivers in the United States. The Saluda River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River. The Santee and its tributaries, the Broad River, the Wateree, and Congaree rivers drain large areas of central South Carolina. The Catawba is also the source for the human-made Lake Wateree the lake's primary outflow changes the river's name to Wateree River, which becomes a tributary of the Santee River. ![]() The Catawba River is a dammed river that feeds the human-made Lake Wylie (formerly Catawba Lake). The (Great) Pee Dee is a free-flowing major river in the east of the state, used for recreation and as a source for water supply. Its tributaries, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River form the northernmost part of the border. Major rivers in South Carolina are the Savannah River, which forms a natural border with Georgia in the west. The park preserves the largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the southeastern United States. Knees of bald cypress trees in Congaree National Park. The highest elevation in the state is Sassafras Mountain at 1,085 m (3,560 ft), located near the South Carolina - North Carolina border. ![]() The state's mountain region in northwest represents a small portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a range in the much larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The hilly Piedmont is a highland region, the remnants of the foothills of an ancient, eroded mountain chain, the Appalachian Mountains. The ' fall line' escarpment marks the border between the lowlands of the coastal plains and the Piedmont plateau it is the site where rivers and streams drop off the Piedmont tableland onto the Coastal Plain. Within the region lie the Sandhills, sandy hills and dunes, the remains of an ancient coastline. And there is the gradually rising, fertile Inner Coastal Plains (or Upper Coastal Plain). ![]() South Carolina's Atlantic Coastal Plain can be divided into the Outer Coastal Plain (or Lower Coastal Plain), with swamps along the rivers (some swamps have been drained to gain farmland). View of Table Rock and Pinnacle Lake at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County. The Coastal Zone is part of South Carolina's portion of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The narrow Coastal Zone along the seashore features barrier islands, natural harbors within bays, lagoons and inlets, the beach, and river deltas. Cool to occasionally cold winters are the rule in the northwestern region, especially at higher altitudes. South Carolina has a humid subtropical climate, with hot and humid summers and relatively mild winters in most parts of the state mild winters prevail in the eastern and southern parts. South Carolina is subdivided into 46 counties. Compared with other US states, South Carolina is almost four times as big as New Jersey but would fit into Texas more than eight times. (32,020 sq mi) compared, it is about the size of Austria (83,871 kmĀ²). My spirit says that if people would do right, we could reverse this.Topographic Map of South Carolina (click map to enlarge) ![]() "God is not giving us a spirit of fear, but a power and of sound mind. Generations strong, Queen Quet said the Gullah/Geechee will rise above, come hell or high water. They take the toxins out the same way oysters take the toxins out of the water." "You have what we call 'bioswales,' and so that you have that salt marsh, you have those types of vegetation that actually absorb water, but also cleanse the water at the same time. Queen Quet said she is leading a project called Green and Gullah/Geechee Communities, which includes working with the Environmental Protection Agency and environmental architects to educate people on sustainable infrastructure, such as creating a "living shoreline" next to new development projects to help mitigate flooding. But many in the Gullah/Geechee community said they are not waiting for someone to save them, and are looking for solutions within. ![]()
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