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It had been typical for South Carolina to have between six and 10 earthquakes a year, the S.C. Geological Survey previously reported. There have been 115 earthquakes in South Carolina since Jan ...
Parr Reservoir or Parr Shoals Reservoir is an impoundment of the Broad River in Pomaria, South Carolina. It is the last dam on the Broad River before the river reaches Columbia, South Carolina, and the Columbia Canal. The lake is mainly used as a holding pond of sorts, as the water is pulled in and out and used to cool the turbines of a nearby ...
The Broad River is a principal tributary of the Congaree River, about 150 miles (240 km) long, [1] in western North Carolina and northern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Congaree, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
Port Royal was one of the first British settlements established in the colony of South Carolina. Beaufort, founded around 1710, became the island's main settlement and the island became the core of St. Helena Parish. The Yamasee Indians were South Carolina's most important native ally between about 1685 and 1715.
Lynches River; May River; Morgan River (SC) New River; Oolenoy River; Okatee River; Old Dead River (Marlboro County) Old Dead River (Richland County, Congaree National Park) Pacolet River (incl. North, South, and Lawson's Fork Creek) Pocotaligo River (Black River tributary) Pocotaligo River (Broad River tributary) Reedy River; Rocky River ...
The Broad River is a tidal channel in Beaufort and Jasper counties, South Carolina. [1] The channel flows between the mainland on the west and Port Royal and Parris islands on the east. The Coosawhatchie River flows into the Broad River at the head. It joins Coosaw River channel Northeast and continues Southeast to the Atlantic Ocean as Port ...
The Columbia Canal is the surviving canal of a series of canals built by the State of South Carolina in 1824 using the labor of indentured Irishmen to provide direct water routes between the upstate settlements and the towns on the Fall Line. It is on the Congaree and Broad rivers in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the focal point of the ...
Monticello is a reservoir in the U.S. state of South Carolina, built to provide water for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station. [2] It is located in Jenkinsville . While it does not dam any major rivers, its outflow flows directly into Parr Reservoir , an artificial lake created along the Broad River , via the Fairfield Pumped ...