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The Pacolet River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 50 miles (80 km) long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States.[1] One of its principal headwaters tributaries also drains a small portion of western North Carolina. Via the Broad and Congaree rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.[2] The stream's name has also been spelled historically as "Pacolate River".[3]

  1. ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived 2005-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ DeLorme (1998). South Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-237-4
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pacolet River

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