Okefenokee Swamp (ō'kəfənō`kē), c.600 sq mi (1,550 sq km), c.40 mi (60 km) long and averaging 20 mi (32 km) in width, SE Ga., extending into N Fla. It is a saucer-shaped depression with low ridges and small islands rising above the water and vegetation cover. It abounds in varied wildlife, and is drained by the Suwanee and St. Marys rivers. In Georgia the swamp makes up most of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (est. 1937).

Okefenokee Swamp

Swamp and wildlife refuge, southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida, U.S. It has an area of more than 600 sq mi (1,550 sq km). Located about 50 mi (80 km) inland from the Atlantic coast, it is bounded by the low, sandy Trail Ridge, which prevents direct drainage into the Atlantic. It has diverse and abundant wildlife. Exotic flowers, such as rare orchids, abound. In 1937 a large area of the swamp, almost all in Georgia, was made the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Okefenokee Swamp

a swamp in the US, in SE Georgia and N Florida: protected flora and fauna. Area: 1554 sq. km (600 sq. miles)

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The Suwannee River drains much of north central Florida and Georgia's Okeefenokee Swamp.

Dog days at Suwannee by Thompson, Tommy / Florida Sportsman

Unspoiled Florida The Suwannee River meanders relatively undisturbed from Georgia's Okeefenokee Swamp through northern Florida and the Suwannee State Park, spilling into the Gulf of Mexico at the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge near Cedar Key.

Florida, naturally: the unspoiled beauty beyond Disney's borders by Riley, Trish / E

A couple of years later, freelancing as a TV investigative reporter, I went fishing in the Okeefenokee Swamp with my mentor, George Thurston, the best television reporter on state government Florida had ever had.

Slippery slopes: how politicians can draw the "get out of jail free" ... by Roeder, Edward / Campaigns & Elections

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