Tyger River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | South Carolina |
Counties | Spartanburg, Union, Newberry |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Near Woodruff, South Carolina |
Mouth | |
• location | Broad River, Near Blythewood, South Carolina |
• coordinates | 34.495038, -81.423987 |
Basin size | 807.9 mi2 |
Width | |
• average | 50 ft |
Depth | |
• average | 3 ft |
Discharge | |
• location | Broad River, Near Blythewood, South Carolina |
Basin features | |
River system | Santee |
Tributaries | |
• left | Jimmies Creek |
• right | Tinker Creek, Fairforest Creek, Dutchman Creek |
The Tyger River is a stream in the U.S. state of South Carolina, and a tributary of the Broad River.[1] It is part of the Santee River Basin. It is a generally shallow and narrow river. Pollution in the north fork was the source of dispute in Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.