The Pee Dee Basin incorporates 74 watersheds and some 4.8 million acres
within the State of South Carolina (a portion of the basin resides in North Carolina). Within
the Department's Pee Dee Basin are the Lynches
River Basin, the Black River Basin, the Pee
Dee River Basin, and the Waccamaw. The
Pee Dee River Basin extends
across the Piedmont, Sandhills, Upper Coastal Plain, Lower Coastal Plain,
and Coastal Zone regions. There are a total of 8,075 stream miles, 15,984
acres of lake waters, and 25,195 acres of estuarine areas in the basin.
Watershed Water
Quality Assessment (WWQA).
WWQA
document describes a wealth of information about the basins, including:
water chemistry information, biological monitoring information, physical
characteristics, natural resources, growth potential, potential nonpoint
source contributions, and point source discharges.
This information is presented through text and maps in these documents.
Download the Complete
Basin Publication 
here.
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