Catawba River
The Catawba River is a major river located in the Southeastern United States. It originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Eswa-Taroa”, “Great Catawba River”, “The Catawbaw River”, and “カタウバ川”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liberty Hill and Mitford.
Liberty Hill
Hamlet
Mitford
Hamlet
Mitford is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. Mitford is situated 6 miles northwest of Catawba River.
Catawba River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Fairfield County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.46681° or 34° 28′ 1″ north
Longitude
-80.88897° or 80° 53′ 20″ west
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
Open location code
866XF486+PC
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Catawba River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Catawba”
- Bulgarian: “Катоба”
- Catalan: “Catawba”
- Cebuano: “Catawba River”
- Dutch: “Catawba River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كاتاوبا”
- Esperanto: “rivero Kataŭbo”
- French: “Catawba”
- German: “Catawba River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Catawba”
- Japanese: “カトーバ川”
- Lithuanian: “Katoba”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Catawba River”
- Norwegian: “Catawba River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Catawba”
- Russian: “Катоба”
- Spanish: “Río Catawba”
- Venetian: “Catawba”
- Welsh: “Afon Catawba”
- “Catawba”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bucklick and Taylors Creek.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lake Wateree State Park and McDowell Island.
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Worth a closer look: Columbia and Charleston.
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