Wambaw Swamp
Wambaw Swamp Wilderness | |
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wilderness area) | |
Location | Charleston County, South Carolina, USA |
Nearest city | McClellanville, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 33°06′42″N 79°37′47″W / 33.1117703°N 79.6295859°W |
Area | 4,755 acres (19 km2) |
Established | 1980 |
Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
Wambaw Creek Wilderness | |
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wilderness area) | |
Location | Charleston County, South Carolina and Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA |
Nearest city | McClellanville, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 33°10′38″N 79°30′19″W / 33.177117°N 79.505309°W |
Area | 1,832 acres (7 km2) |
Established | 1980 |
Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
Wambaw Swamp is a swamp in northeastern Charleston County, South Carolina. It is located entirely within the Francis Marion National Forest and contains 4,755 acres (19 km2), all of which is designated as a wilderness area. This forest wetland is a mix of river-bottom hardwood and pine.[1] To the southeast lies the Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness, a 4,967 acres (20 km2)
Geological setting
The Wambaw Swamp lies in a geological province known as the coastal terraces, with surface features derived from the
The highest ground in the Wambaw Swamp system is the Little Wambaw Swamp, which formed on the Princess Anne Terrace, bounded on the south by the Mount Pleasant Scarp and the north by the Awendaw Scarp. The Little Wambaw Swamp drains north through a gap in the Awendaw Scarp into the Wambaw Swamp proper, which is contained between the Awendaw and Cainhoy Scarps on the Pamlico Terrace. The Wambaw Swamp drains east along the Pamlico Terrace, parallel to the scarps and coast, into the Santee River.[7]
References
- ^ Wambaw Swamp Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
- ^ Little Wambaw Sawmp Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
- ^ Wambaw Creek Wilderness - Wilderness Connect
- ^ Cooke, Wythe (1936). "Geology of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina" (PDF). United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ Brooks, Kyle (2017-11-25). "On the Subject of Nature: The I'On Swamp". On the Subject of Nature. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ Willoughby, Ralph (2006). "Revision of the Pleistocene Dorchester and Summerville Scarps, the inland limits of the Penholoway terrace, central South Carolina" (PDF).
- ^ Genetic Stratigraphy and Geochronology of the Last Interglacial Shorelines on the Central Coast of South Carolina
External links
- Wambaw Swamp Wilderness - USFS
- Little Wambaw Swamp Wilderness - USFS
- Wambaw Creek Wilderness Canoe Trail - USFS
- Wilderness Canoe Trail Guide & Map - USFS
- Wambaw Creek - South Carolina Trails