Wando River

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The '''Wando River''' is a tidewater river in the coastal area of South Carolina. It begins in the town of Awendaw, Charleston County, and has its mouth at the Cooper River shortly before it flows into Charleston Harbor. The Wando's drainage area is {{convert|73061|acre|km2}}. Nearby Drum Island is uninhabited. It is spanned by the bridges crossing the Wando River and Towne creek.<ref>Proposed Daniel Island Marine Cargo Terminal, Charleston: 1999 -"A sedimentation problem presently exists near the Drum Island/Wando River Reach intersection which field data have shown to be associated with an eddy attached to the north end of Drum Island."</ref><ref>{{GNIS|1230462|Wando River}}</ref>

The river was named for the Wando people, a band of the Cusabo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swanton |first1=John Reed |title=Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors |page=23 |date=1922 |publisher=US Government Printing Office |location=Washington, DC |isbn=9781404740730 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1C4_-Fz3eFsC&q=wando}}</ref>

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Category:Rivers of South Carolina Category:Rivers of Berkeley County, South Carolina Category:Rivers of Charleston County, South Carolina