Santee River

E269363

river

The Santee River is a major river in South Carolina that flows southeast across the state into the Atlantic Ocean, playing a key role in the region’s ecology and history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Santee River canonical	9
Santee River system	2
Santee River watershed	2
Congaree–Santee river system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ
associatedWith	Lake Marion ⓘ Lake Moultrie ⓘ
basinSize	about 17,700 square miles ⓘ about 45,800 square kilometers ⓘ
category	Rivers of South Carolina ⓘ Tributaries of the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Santee Cooper Lakes region ⓘ
directionOfFlow	southeast ⓘ
dischargesTo	Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
drainageBasinIncludes	parts of North Carolina ⓘ parts of South Carolina ⓘ
ecoregion	Atlantic coastal plain ecoregion ⓘ
emptiesNear	Georgetown County, South Carolina ⓘ
flowsInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
formedBy	Congaree River ⓘ Wateree River ⓘ
hasBridge	Interstate 95 bridge over Santee River ⓘ U.S. Route 301 bridge over Santee River ⓘ
hasTributary	Broad River (via Congaree) ⓘ Catawba River ⓘ surface form: Catawba River (via Wateree) Congaree River ⓘ Wateree River ⓘ
historicalSignificance	associated with rice plantation agriculture ⓘ important in colonial-era trade routes ⓘ used as a transportation corridor in early South Carolina history ⓘ
length	about 143 miles ⓘ about 230 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	South Carolina ⓘ
managedBy	South Carolina ⓘ surface form: State of South Carolina
mouth	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter	Santee people ⓘ
partOf	Santee Cooper hydropower project ⓘ
passesNear	Santee, South Carolina ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
riverSystem	Santee River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Santee River system
source	confluence of Wateree River and Congaree River ⓘ
state	South Carolina ⓘ
supports	bottomland hardwood forests ⓘ diverse fish species ⓘ wetland ecosystems ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ navigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Carolina → majorRiver → Santee River ⓘ

Clarendon County, South Carolina → locatedInWatershed → Santee River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santee River watershed

Berkeley County, South Carolina → adjacentToBodyOfWater → Santee River ⓘ

Calhoun County, South Carolina → locatedNear → Santee River ⓘ

Santee River → riverSystem → Santee River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santee River system

Saluda River → partOf → Santee River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congaree–Santee river system

Yawkey Wildlife Center in South Carolina → locatedAtMouthOf → Santee River ⓘ

subject surface form: Yawkey Wildlife Center

Congaree River → mouth → Santee River ⓘ

Congaree River → flowsInto → Santee River ⓘ

Broad River → partOf → Santee River ⓘ

subject surface form: Broad River (South Carolina)

this entity surface form: Santee River watershed

Eutaw Springs on the Santee River system → partOf → Santee River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santee River system

Eutaw Springs on the Santee River system → drainsTo → Santee River ⓘ

Lake Marion → inflow → Santee River ⓘ

Lake Marion → outflow → Santee River ⓘ