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South Carolina Coastal Habitats: by C. Livingston, 2009
South Carolina Coastal Habitats: by C. Livingston, 2009
Habitats
By C. Livingston, 2009
Earth
SC
Here we are!
South Carolina
borders the
Atlantic Ocean.
Our state is
divided into
regions,
starting at the
mountains and
going down to
the coast.
Landform Regions
Greenville
Spartanburg
Union
Greenwood
Rock Hill
Abbeville
Sandhills
Landform Regions
Aiken
Orangeburg
Coastal Plain
Sumter
Florence
Landform Regions
Hilton Head
Beaufort
Charleston
Georgetown
Myrtle Beach
South
Carolina has
185 miles of
coastline.
What is an estuary?
An estuary is a partially enclosed
body of water where two
different bodies of water meet
and mix (e.g. fresh water from
rivers or streams and salt water
from the ocean).
where
rivers meet
h
Estuaries include
harbors
bays
inlets
sounds
Estuary
What is a wetland?
A wetland is an
area of gradual
transition where
land meets
water.
Wetlands include
swamps
freshwater marshes
saltwater marshes
tidal mud flats
lagoons
beaches
Phytoplankton
Smooth Cordgrass
Glasswort
Sabal Palmetto
Live Oak
Sea Oats
Zooplankton
Horseshoe Crab
Blue Crab
Loggerhead Turtle
Periwinkle Snail
Moon Snail
Bottlenose Dolphin
River Otter
Manatee
American Alligator
Diamondback
Rattlesnake