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The Pee Dee region of South Carolina is the northeastern corner of the state. It is the area of the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River, named after the Pedee Native American tribe. Its center is Florence, South Carolina, but it also includes the Grand Strand which are the beaches and the development along them, from the North Carolina state line to Winyah Bay .On the coast the area is predominantly involved in tourism and resorts with beaches, amusement parks, shopping, fishing, and golf. The area has become a major retirement center for the US, in part from its low cost of living and its many golf courses. The center of the Grand Strand is Myrtle Beach.
Inland is a belt featuring rivers, marshes and sandy rises where forestry is predominant, with pine tree farmA tree farm or plantation is a forest of usually fast-growing trees planted by humans either to replace already-logged forests or to substitute for their absence. The term tree farm is also sometimes used for tree nurseries which produce seedling trees fos and cypressCypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis but several other genera in the family carry the name: Cupressaceae C lumbering.
Further inland, on higher ground, but still of only slight relief, is an agriculturalFarming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock). Agriculture is also known as farming . belt of tobaccoacuminata N. alata N. attenuata N. bigelovil N. clevelandii N. debneyi N. excelsior N. exigua N. forgetiana N. glutinosa N. kawakamii N. knightiana N. langsdorffii N. longiflora N. obtusifolia N. otephora N. paniculata N. plumbagifolia N. quadrivalvis N., cottonCotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant. The fibre is most often spun into thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. Cotton is a valuable crop because only about 10% of the raw weight is lost in processing. Once tr, soybeanSoybeans ( US) or soya beans ( UK) Glycine max are a high- protein legume (Family Fabaceae) grown as food for both humans and livestock. The word soy comes from Japanese shoyu. Soybeans may be boiled whole (in the green pod) and served with salt, often uns and produceProduce is a general term for a group of farm-produced goods, generally limited to fruits and vegetables. In supermarkets the term produce is often used to refer to the section where fruits and vegetables are kept..
Florence, originally founded as a railroad center is a small, but growing center of production of pharmaceuticals, and other light industry. It is also known as a center of medical and dental care. The Pee Dee Region also produces paper, steel, and recreational vehicles.
The area is served by two commercial broadcast television stations, WBTW and WPDE, both with twin studios at Florence and Myrtle Beach, as well as an educational television station substation in Conway, Conway. Daily newspapers include The Sun News of Myrtle Beach and The Morning News of Florence.
South Carolina geography
