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| | Santee River Basin - Ashley Cooper |
 | | Of the half a million acres in the Cooper River Basin, 52.7% is forested land, 15.8% is water, 14.5% is forested wetland, 8.3% is urban land, 4.1% is scrub/shrub land, 2.6% is agricultural land, 1.6% is nonforested wetland, and 0.4% is barren land. |
 | | There are a total of 239.6 stream miles in the Ashley River Basin, together with 4,232.0 acres of lake waters, and 32,701.9 acres of estuarine areas. |
 | | The Ashley River accepts drainage from several streams including Dorchester Creek, and communicates with the Stono River by way of Elliot Cut before draining into the Charleston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. |
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