Sponge:

Why are rivers important?

 Boats travel on rivers to move supplies and crops.

 Rivers are habitats for many animals.
 People use rivers for fun: fishing, swimming, boating
 Some rivers help make electricity.
 Rivers are a source of water for homes.
 In the past, people living near rivers used the water for
drinking, cooking, washing clothes, taking baths, and watering
plants.
 South Carolina
River Systems and Counties
 APK: Vocabulary

 river—a body of water

 basin—land surrounding each river system
 tributary—rivers that empty into other rivers
 River system- River systems are all of the rivers that
flow into a larger river
Essential Questions:

What are the 4 river systems of

South Carolina?
What county do we live in?
 Look at the following maps:

 Draw and label the 4 major river systems: Santee, Savannah,

Edisto, Pee Dee. (Use a light blue pen/marker)
 Label these rivers: Broad, Pacelot, Enoree, and Saluda (light blue
pen/marker)
 Label the 4 River Basins. (Use a black pen/marker) –then color.
 Draw and label Lake Murray, Lake Marion, Lake Keowee, Lake
Hartwell and Lake Moultrie. (Use a dark blue pen/marker)
 Draw a star to locate each of the following major cities and label
them: Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, and Camden. (Use a
green pen/marker)
 On the other map label all 46 counties. Mark where you live.
Questions:

 On the bottom of your map answer the following

questions:
1. What 4 rivers are closest to Spartanburg?
2. What lakes do these 4 rivers feed into?
3. Why do you think these lakes are important
throughout South Carolina?
Essential Questions:

What are the 4 river systems of

South Carolina?
What county do we live in?
 Pee Dee

South Carolina has four

main river systems.

Santee
Savannah

Edisto
SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES:
Greenville Cherokee
York
Pickens Spartanburg

Oconee
Union Chester
Lancaster Chesterfield
Marlboro
Anderson Laurens
Fairfield Dillon
Kershaw
Newberry Darlington
Abbeville Lee Marion
Greenwood Richland
Florence
Saluda
Mccormick Lexington Horry
Sumter

Edgefield
Calhoun Clarendon
Williamsburg
Aiken
Georgetown
Orangeburg

Barnwell
Bamberg Dorchester Berkeley

Allendale

Colleton
Hampton
Charleston

Jasper Beaufort
 Closure:

Take a look at the map to learn where the main

cities are placed. Then look at the location of the
rivers. Can you learn anything by comparing the
two?

Hint: How were rivers used when the South

Carolina colony was beginning to settle?