The Enoree River is a
tributary
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of the
Broad River, 85 mi (137 km) long, in northwestern
South Carolina
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in the
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Via the Broad and
Congaree Rivers, it is part of the
watershed
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of the
Santee River
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, which flows to the
Atlantic Ocean
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Route
The Enoree rises in the foothills of the
Blue Ridge Mountains
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in
Greenville County
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about 2 mi (3 km) northwest of the town of
Travelers Rest, and flows generally southeastwardly across the
Piedmont
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region, through or along the boundaries of
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,
Laurens,
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and
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Counties, past the communities of
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and
Whitmire and through the
Sumter National Forest
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. It flows into the Broad River from the west in Newberry County,
15 mi (24 km) northeast of the town of
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Variant names and spellings
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, the Enoree River has also been known historically as:
*Collins River
*Ennoree River
*Ganoree
The name Enoree is thought to be derived from a
Cherokee
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word meaning river of
muscadines
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. Linguist
Blair A. Rudes
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alternatively suggested that the name Enoree derives from the
Catawba Catawba may refer to:
*Catawba people, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas
*Catawba language, a language in the Catawban languages family
*Catawban languages
Botany
* Catalpa, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other ...
word ''enuree'', which has been translated as 'it is little crow'. Anthropologist
John R. Swanton
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proposed that the river obtained its name from the
Eno who possibly lived on or near it during the prehistoric era.
Hydroelectric power
A hydroelectric dam at
Van Patton Shoals rapids provided power to nearby
Woodruff from 1907 until its demolition in 1968.
See also
*
List of South Carolina rivers
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of South Carolina:
By drainage basin
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References
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Rivers of South Carolina
Rivers of Greenville County, South Carolina
Rivers of Laurens County, South Carolina
Rivers of Newberry County, South Carolina
Rivers of Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Rivers of Union County, South Carolina
Tributaries of the Broad River (Carolinas)