SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES 



Physical Environment Of The State 



Physiographic Divisions Piedmont Plateau, and the Appalachian Moun- 



SOUTH Carolina has four distinct physiographic tains (fig. 2). These regions differ in topography, 



divisions: the Coastal Plain, the Sand hills, the drainage, climate, soils, and forest vegetation. 



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Figure 2. — Location of units and approximate survey lines in South Carolina. 



