SOUTH CAROLINA 



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SOUTH CAROLINA 



OUTLINE MAP OP SOUTH CAROLINA 



Showing boundaries of the state, navigable rivers, chief cities, location of mineral deposits and 

 the highest point of land. 



town. It rises in the coastal plain, as does the 

 Edisto, which flows into Saint Helena Sound. 

 The Santee and the Savannah, the largest riv- 

 ers, rise in the Piedmont uplands and flow 

 southeast to the coast. The Santee is fed by 

 the Wateree, Broad, Saluda and Congaree riv- 

 ers, and the Savannah forms the entire south- 

 west boundary with Georgia. At the fall line, 

 along the eastern edge of the Piedmont plain, 

 these rivers and numerous other mountain 

 streams make an abrupt and rapid descent, de- 

 veloping a vast amount of water power, used 

 by cotton mills and other factories. In the 

 coastal plain they become sluggish; the tides 

 push up their channels for fifteen to thirty 

 miles and overflow the surrounding rice fields. 

 Climate. The mild climate of South Caro- 

 lina resembles that of Southern Greece and 



Italy. Although it is almost tropical in the 

 south, and the swamps are ' malarial and un- 

 healthful, the uplands and mountain region are 

 especially healthful and delightful. The aver- 

 age temperature for January is 45, and for 

 July 80. Along the coast the climate is' more 

 equable than in the interior. In the northern 

 mountains, temperatures below zero have been 

 recorded, and at Columbia the mercury some- 

 times rises to 106. The annual rainfall, av- 

 eraging forty-nine inches, is heaviest during the 

 summer months, but it is fairly evenly distrib- 

 uted throughout the state. Snow occasionally 

 covers the mountains and uplands, but in the 

 south and east sections it is rarely seen. The 

 coast frequently is swept by severe West In- 

 dian hurricanes, which damage shipping and 

 vegetation. 



Sources of the State's Wealth 



Agriculture. The climate and soil of South 

 Carolina are suitable for all plants of the sub- 

 tropical and temperate zones, and much of the 

 state is farm land. Cotton is by far the most 

 important crop. In 1915 the state was surpassed 

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only by Texas and Georgia in the amount pro- 

 duced, though usually Alabama, which devotes 

 a million acres more to cotton, stands third. 

 The crop for 1915, as in all of the states, was 

 considerably less than that of the preceding 



