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The Santee River is a river in South Carolina in the United States, and is 143 miles (230 km) long.The Santee and its tributaries provide the principal drainage for the coastal areas of southeastern South Carolina and navigation for the central coastal plain of South Carolina, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean about halfway between Myrtle Beach and Charleston near the community of McClellanville.
Lake Moultrie. / 33.300°N 80.050°W / 33.300; -80.050. Lake Moultrie is a large man-made lake in South Carolina. Created in the 1940s by a state utility project to provide electricity to rural SC by damming the Santee River, it covers more than 60,000 acres (240 km 2 ). The third largest lake in the state, it provides a wide variety of ...
From South Santee River, S.C., to Cape Fear, N.C., the water level could reach two to four feet above ground “if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide,” the hurricane center warned.
The Pee Dee River, also known as the Great Pee Dee River, is a river in the Carolinas of the United States. It originates in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, where its upper course, above the mouth of the Uwharrie River, is known as the Yadkin River. The river empties into Winyah Bay, and then into the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown .
Lake Marion was created by the construction of the Santee Dam in November 1941, part of the state-owned electric and water utility Santee Cooper's Hydroelectric and Navigation Project. The project also included construction of the Pinopolis Dam (Cooper River Dam) to create Lake Moultrie , immediately downstream, and a diversion canal seven and ...
The San Diego River is a river in San Diego County, California. It originates in the Cuyamaca Mountains northwest of the town of Julian, then flows to the southwest until it reaches the El Capitan Reservoir, the second-largest reservoir in the river's watershed at 112,800 acre-feet (139,100,000 m 3 ). Below El Capitan Dam, the river runs west ...
The discoveries hint at a treasure trove of artifacts buried at the 19th century “labor camp” between the North Santee River and South Santee River, according to Dr. Kendy Altizer, an ...
The river drops into a large sinkhole in O'Leno State Park [4] and reappears in the adjacent River Rise Preserve State Park. [5] The land over the underground section of the river, referred to as a natural bridge, was used for the main route of the Spanish mission trail and the Bellamy Road to avoid a water crossing of the Santa Fe River. [6]