<p>A moss-hung cypress keeps watch over the placid waters of the ACE Basin, named for three rivers that run through it: the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto.</p>
A moss-hung cypress keeps watch over the placid waters of the ACE Basin, named for three rivers that run through it: the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto.
Low Country Legacy
Rice planters made royal fortunes here in centuries past. Now South Carolina’s ACE Basin harbors a wealth of wildlife and history.
This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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