A VIRTUAL FIELDTRIP OF
By Josh Rabon and Lauren Parsons
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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THEME 1: LOCATION
– Relative and Absolute location of Lexington County
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THEME 2: PLACE
– Physical Characteristics
• Landforms, Weather, Climate, Vegetation, and Wildlife
– Human Characteristics
• Population, Education, Income, Economics, Religion, and Culture
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THEME 3: HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
– Lake Murray Dam
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THEME 4: MOVEMENT
– Transportation of Goods
– Population Inflow and Outflow
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THEME 5: REGIONS
– Formal, Functional, Perceptual
THEME 1: LOCATION
• Absolute Location
– Latitude 33.97 and
Longitude -81.24
• Relative Location
– Center of the State
– 12 miles from Columbia
– Surrounded by Richland,
Newberry, Saluda, Aiken,
Orangeburg and Calhoun
Counties
– Within 100 miles of
Greenville, Spartanburg,
Augusta, and Charlotte
THEME 1: LOCATION
THEME 2: PLACE
– Physical Characteristics
• Landforms
– 699 sq miles, 50.2 sq
miles covered by
Lake Murray
– Rounded Hills with
Gentle Slopes
• Climate
– Humid Subtropical
• Weather
– Average Annual
Temperature: 63.3 *F
– January: 44.7 *F
– July: 81.0 *F
– Total Annual
Precipitation: 49.1”
• Vegetation
– Ultisols: Reddish Clay
Soil
– Red Cedar, Oaks,
Dogwoods, Long leaf
pines
– Loblolly and Kudzu
• Wildlife
– Snakes, opossums,
bobcats, cottontail
rabbits, mourning
doves, striped bass
and red-tailed hawks
– Hunting White tailed
deer and wild turkeys
THEME 2: PLACE
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Human Characteristics
• Population
– Mostly White
– English Speaking
• Education and Income
– Median Family Income:
$52,637, 16% higher
than the State
• Economics
– 28.3% Retail/Wholesale
– 20.2% Service
– 18.5% Manufacturing
– 15.1% Government
– Agriculture and Poultry
THEME 3: HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
• Lake Murray Dam
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Built in 1930
Hydroelectricity
7,838 feet long
Flooded farms
Recreation
Opportunities
THEME 4: MOVEMENT
• Interstates: I-20, I-26, I-77
• Columbia Metropolitan Airport
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Sixth Fastest Growing County
45,000 people inflow, 30,000 people outflow
Suburbanization of Columbia
Commute to work
THEME 5: REGIONS
• Formal
– County
– The Piedmont, The
Sandhills
– Barbecue
– Urban, Rural
• Functional Regions
– The city of Columbia
• Perceptual Regions
– Midlands