Congaree Creek is a small blackwater creek in Lexington County, USA and it flows into Congaree River downstream of Columbia in South Carolina. This little creek gives home for lots of alligators, birds, fish and other wildlife. The twisty body of the creek is very interesting and challenging for people who love boat trips or hiking. There are many endangered animal, too, like American Bald Eagle,Arctic Peregrine Falcon, Brown Pelican, Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, Wood Stork, and Red Wolf. The name ‘Congaree’ comes from Siouan-speaking Congaree Indians, who settled below the confluence of the Broad and Saluda Rivers after the Yamassee War. Peaple use this land for over 10.000 years.
In Congaree National Park they protect the nation’s largest remaining tract of southern old-growth bottomland forest and you can find lots of spanish moss in this beautiful area, too. It’s much more than a park, river or a creek, it’s one of the most wonderful and unique part of North America.
- GPS
- 33.9426880, -81.0324478
- Geographical region
- Northern America
- Drainage Basin
- Lower Saluda
- River catchment
- Congaree River
- Water body type
- Creek
- Water body name
- Conagree Creek
- Water body part
- Meander
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Conagree River
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