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The Tyger River Basin encompasses 807.9
square miles extending across the Piedmont region of the State. The Tyger River
encompasses 6 watersheds and 517,056 acres, of which 67.1% is forested land,
13.7% is agricultural land, 9.9% is urban land, 8.1% is scrub/shrub land, 0.7%
is water, and 0.5% is barren land . The urban land percentage
is comprised chiefly of the City of Greer and portions of the Cities of
Spartanburg and Union. (Source: 1989-90 SPOT
Imagery)
There are approximately 937.9 stream miles and 2,889.1
acres of lake waters in the Tyger River Basin. The Tyger River is formed by the
confluence of the South Tyger River, the Middle Tyger River, and the North Tyger
River near the City of Woodruff and accepts drainage from Fairforest Creek
before flowing into the Broad
River.
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