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Okefenokee Swamp |
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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 SwampSwamp 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) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The new $2 million center located near the Okefenokee Swamp is 47 percent more energy-efficient than other buildings of its size. She sets this similar novel in the Florida Okefenokee Swamp, with a 14-year-old boy setting out on an adventure in the canoe he has built himself. The remaining Big Woods of Arkansas joined the Everglades and Okefenokee Swamp as one of only eight areas in the United States so designated, as research indicated that the forests of the Cache and White were the only pristine bottomland habitat remaining in the entire Mississippi River basin. |
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