List of rivers of South Carolina

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of South Carolina:

By drainage basin[]

This list is arranged by drainage basin, from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in South Carolina drain to the Atlantic Ocean.

Yadkin–Pee Dee drainage basin

• Little River
• Pee Dee River
  • Old Dead River
  • Sampit River
  • Black River
    • Black Mingo Creek
  • Little Pee Dee River
    • Lumber River
  • Lynches River
  • Jeffries Creek

Santee drainage basin

• Santee River (North Santee River and South Santee River are distributaries)
  • Wateree River
    • Catawba River
  • Congaree River
    • Dead River
    • Old Dead River
    • Broad River
      • Little River
      • Enoree River
      • Tyger River
        • Fairforest Creek
        • North Tyger River
          • Middle Tyger River
        • South Tyger River
      • Sandy River
        • Little Sandy River
      • Pacolet River
        • Lawsons Fork Creek
        • North Pacolet River
        • South Pacolet River
    • Saluda River
      • Little Saluda River
      • Bush River
      • Reedy River
      • North Saluda River
      • Middle Saluda River
      • South Saluda River
        • Oolenoy River
    • Gills Creek

Rivers flowing to Charleston Harbor

• Wando River
• Cooper River
  • Back River
• Ashley River
• Stono River

Edisto drainage basin

• Edisto River (North Edisto River and South Edisto River are distributaries)
  • Four Holes Swamp
  • North Fork Edisto River
    • Bull Swamp Creek
  • South Fork Edisto River
• Ashepoo River
• Combahee River
  • Little Salkehatchie River
  • Salkehatchie River
• Broad River
  • Coosawhatchie River
• May River

Savannah drainage basin

• Savannah River
  • Rocky River
  • Seneca River
    • Keowee River
      • Little River
      • Toxaway River
        • Horsepasture River
      • Whitewater River
  • Tugaloo River
    • Chauga River
    • Chattooga River

Alphabetically[]

• Ashepoo River
• Ashley River
• Back River
• Black River
• Black Mingo Creek
• Broad River (northern)
• Broad River (southern)
• Bull Swamp Creek
• Bush River
• Catawba River
• Chattooga River
• Chauga River
• Chechessee River
• Combahee River
• Colleton River
• Congaree River
• Cooper River (incl. East & West Branches, and Back River)
• Coosawhatchie River
• Dead River
• Edisto River (incl. North & South Forks)
• Enoree River
• Four Holes Swamp
• Gills Creek
• Great Pee Dee River
• Harbor River
• Horsepasture River
• Keowee River
• Little Pee Dee River
• Little River (Broad River tributary)
• Little River (Horry County, South Carolina)
• Little River (Oconee County, South Carolina)
• Little Salkehatchie River
• Little Saluda River
• Little Sandy River
• Lumber River
• Lynches River
• May River
• Oolenoy River
• Okatee River
• Old Dead River (Marlboro County)
• Old Dead River (Richland County, Congaree National Park)
• Pacolet River (incl. North, South, and Lawson's Fork Creek)
• Reedy River
• Rocky River
• Salkehatchie River
• Saluda River (incl. North, Middle, and South Forks)
• Sampit River
• Sandy River
• Santee River (incl. North & South)
• Savannah River
• Seneca River
• Stono River
• Toxaway River
• Tugaloo River
• Tyger River (incl. North, Middle, and South)
• Waccamaw River
• Wando River
• Wateree River
• Whitewater River

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of South Carolina.

• List of rivers in the United States
• List of lakes in South Carolina

References[]

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of South Carolina (1974)