Longitude / Latitude:Longitude: 78° 30"W to 83° 20' W

Latitude:32° 4' 30"N to 35° 12'N

Length x Width:Carolina is about 260 miles long and 200 miles wide.

Geographic Center:The geographic center of South Carolina is located in Richland County, 13 miles SE of Columbia.

Longitude:80° 52.4'W

Latitude:33° 49.8'N

Borders:South Carolina is bordered by North Carolina on the north and by Georgia on the south and the west. To the east of South Carolina, is the Atlantic Ocean.

Total Area:South Carolina covers 32,007 square miles, making it the 40th largest of the 50 states.

Land Area:30,111 square miles of South Carolina are land areas.

Water Area:1,896 square miles of South Carolina are covered by water.

Highest Point:The highest point in South Carolina is Sassafras Mountain at 3,560 feet above sea level.

Lowest Point:The lowest point in South Carolina is sea level, where South Carolina meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Mean Elevation:The Mean Elevation of the state of South Carolina is 350 feet above sea level.

Major Rivers:Edisto River, Pee Dee River, Santee River, Savannah River

Major Lakes:Lake Greenwood, Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie

The Land:
Three geographic land areas define South Carolina; the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge region. South Carolinians simplify this somewhat by referring to the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain as the South Carolina Low Country and the Piedmont and the Blue Ridge region as Up Country.

Two thirds of South Carolina is covered by the Atlantic Coastal Plain, from the Atlantic Ocean extending to the west. The land rises gradually from the southeast to the northwest.

An area of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, defined as extending from the coast about 70 miles inland, is referred to as the Outer Coastal Plain. This area is quite flat. Many rivers can be found in the Outer Coastal Plain with swamps near the coast that extend inland along the rivers. An area called the Inner Coastal Plain cons