Congaree River

E307201

The Congaree River is a major waterway in central South Carolina known for flowing past Columbia and supporting the rich floodplain ecosystem of Congaree National Park.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
adjacentTo Congaree National Park ⓘ
associatedProtectedArea Congaree National Park ⓘ
basinArea part of the Santee River basin ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
cityOnRiver Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
confluenceLocation Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainageBasin Santee River drainage basin ⓘ
ecoregion Southeastern floodplain and lowland forests ⓘ
flowsDirection southeast ⓘ
flowsInto Santee River ⓘ
flowsThrough Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
central South Carolina ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf Broad River ⓘ
Saluda River ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Lexington County, South Carolina ⓘ
Richland County, South Carolina ⓘ
hasFeature broad floodplain ⓘ
periodic flooding ⓘ
hasTributary Congaree Creek ⓘ
Gills Creek ⓘ
historicalSignificance transportation route in central South Carolina ⓘ
knownFor bottomland hardwood forest ⓘ
rich floodplain ecosystem ⓘ
length about 47 miles ⓘ
about 76 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Midlands region of South Carolina ⓘ
mouth Santee River ⓘ
namedFor Congaree people ⓘ
near Cayce, South Carolina ⓘ
Hopkins, South Carolina ⓘ
West Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
passes Columbia, South Carolina ⓘ
recreationArea Three Rivers Greenway in Columbia ⓘ
region Piedmont-Coastal Plain transition zone ⓘ
riverSystem Santee River system ⓘ
sourceElevation about 128 feet ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
supports biodiverse wetland habitats ⓘ
supportsEcosystem Congaree National Park floodplain forest ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia, South Carolina → river → Congaree River ⓘ
Columbia metropolitan area → hasRiver → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree National Park → traversedBy → Congaree River ⓘ
Santee River → formedBy → Congaree River ⓘ
Santee River → hasTributary → Congaree River ⓘ
Saluda River → forms → Congaree River ⓘ
Saluda River → mouth → Congaree River ⓘ
Columbia, South Carolina → hasRiver → Congaree River ⓘ
subject linked to: Columbia
Broad River (South Carolina) → partOf → Congaree River system ⓘ
subject linked to: Broad River
linked to: Congaree River
Broad River (South Carolina) → mouth → Congaree River ⓘ
subject linked to: Broad River
Broad River (South Carolina) → tributaryOf → Congaree River ⓘ
subject linked to: Broad River
Broad River (South Carolina) → emptiesInto → Congaree River at Columbia ⓘ
subject linked to: Broad River
linked to: Congaree River
St. Matthews, South Carolina → locatedNear → Congaree River ⓘ
Lake Marion → inflow → Congaree River ⓘ
Wateree River → hasRightTributary → Congaree River (via Santee system) ⓘ
linked to: Congaree River
Santee Cooper Lakes → primaryInflows → Congaree River ⓘ
Cayce, South Carolina → locatedOnRiver → Congaree River ⓘ
Eastover, South Carolina → locatedNear → Congaree River region ⓘ
linked to: Congaree River
Fort Motte, South Carolina → locatedNear → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree people → locatedOn → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree people → namedAfter → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree people → ethnonym → Congaree ⓘ
linked to: Congaree River
Congaree people → legacy → Congaree River ⓘ
Three Rivers Greenway → followsWatercourse → Congaree River ⓘ
Three Rivers Greenway → hasView → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree Creek → tributaryOf → Congaree River ⓘ
Congaree Creek → partOf → Congaree River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Congaree River
Richland County → contains → Congaree River ⓘ
Broad River (via Congaree) → forms → Congaree River ⓘ
Broad River (via Congaree) → tributaryOf → Congaree River ⓘ
Broad River (via Congaree) → flowsInto → Congaree River ⓘ