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The South Carolina Lowcountry (also spelled Low Country or just lowcountry) is a term used to describe South Carolina's coastal counties, generally south of and including, Charleston. The region includes the South Carolina Sea Islands. The commonly accepted counties of the Lowcountry are Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton counties.

Applied more broadly, the term can also refer to all areas in the state below the fall line, including Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Sumter, Clarendon, Lee, Williamsburg and Horry counties.

The Lowcountry's largest economic centers are Charleston and Savannah, Georgia.

Other significant centers in the region include Beaufort, Hampton, and Walterboro. Bluffton and Hardeeville are two fast-growing communities that will contribute more economically in the future.

The region contains its share of culture and history. Notable is the Gullah influence on St. Helena Island, and the early European Settlements near Beaufort.

• Lowcountry cuisine

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Regions	Atlantic Coastal Plain | Blue Ridge Mountains | Grand Strand | Lake Murray Country | The Lowcountry | Metrolina | The Midlands | Olde English District | Old 96 District | Pee Dee | Piedmont | Sandhills | Sea Islands | The Upstate
Larger Cities	Aiken | Charleston | Columbia | Florence | Greenville | Myrtle Beach | North Charleston | Rock Hill | Spartanburg | Sumter |
Smaller Cities	Anderson | Camden | Cayce | Easley | Forest Acres | Gaffney | Hilton Head Island | Isle of Palms | Lexington | Manning | Mauldin | Mount Pleasant | North Augusta | North Myrtle Beach | Orangeburg | Simpsonville | Summerville | West Columbia | York
Towns	Abbeville | Batesburg-Leesville | Calhoun Falls | Clemson | Donalds | Due West | Fort Mill | Fountain Inn | Greer | Irmo | Lowndesville | Moncks Corner | Newberry | Paxville | Pendleton | Santee | Seneca | Sullivan's Island | Summerton | Turbeville |
CDPs	Berea | Carolina Forest | Dentsville | Gantt | Ladson | Parker | Red Hill | Saint Andrews | Seven Oaks | Socastee | Taylors | Wade Hampton
Unincorporated areas	Graniteville | Langley | Warrenville
Counties	Abbeville | Aiken | Allendale | Anderson | Bamberg | Barnwell | Beaufort | Berkeley | Calhoun | Charleston | Cherokee | Chester | Chesterfield | Clarendon | Colleton | Darlington | Dillon | Dorchester | Edgefield | Fairfield | Florence | Georgetown | Greenville | Greenwood | Hampton | Horry | Jasper | Kershaw | Lancaster | Laurens | Lee | Lexington | Marion | Marlboro | McCormick | Newberry | Oconee | Orangeburg | Pickens | Richland | Saluda | Spartanburg | Sumter | Union | Williamsburg | York

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The term of Lowcountry refers to most or any part of South Carolina that remains below sea level. Charleston, South Carolina along with Summerville, Goose Creek, Hilton Head, Mt. Pleasant, and many other cities claim the title as the "capitol" of the Lowcountry, but generally, most SC natives don't bother with such formalities.

The South Carolina Lowcountry varies drastically from its counterparts further up North by the fact of geography, pure and simple. Higher upstate, the Geographical differences vary drastically between rolling hills and mountains,to semi flat plains. In the Lowcountry, however, it remains below sea level, making it especially vulnerable to Mother Nature during Hurricane Season. Many of the towns and cities in the Lowcountry have been established on dried wetlands, sometimes making the foundations of buildings unstable as the soft soil underneath erodes because of the weight of the building. Several houses in Summerville, South Carolina, are sinking in as a result of this.