'S' is for Santee River

"S" is for Santee River. The 143 mile long Santee River is formed by the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers. The Santee flows southeast and meets the Atlantic Ocean between the cities of Charleston and Georgetown. Near its mouth, the river forms a delta created by the sediment picked up by the waters of the Santee and its tributaries as they pass from the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina through the Piedmont of North and South Carolina. About 20 miles from the coast, the river splits into the North and South Santee. In the 19th century, the Santee Canal linked the Santee and Cooper Rivers. In the 1930s, the construction of two hydroelectric dams on the river created lakes Marion and Moultrie. But the majority of the Santee River's flow was diverted to the Cooper River.