Okefenokee Swamp
(o-kee-fuh-NO-kee) (
c.600 sq mi/1,554 sq km), SE
Ga., extending into N Fla.; c.40 mi/64 km long
and averaging 20 mi/32 km in width; 00°40'N
82°20'W. It is a saucer-shaped depression with low ridges and small
isls. rising above the water and vegetation cover. Water depth averages
6 ft/2 m, but is as deep as
24 ft/8 m in places. It abounds in varied
wildlife, and is drained by the Suwanee and St. Marys rivers. In Ga.
the swamp makes up most of the Okefenokee Natl. Wildlife Refuge and
Wilderness Area (est. 1937). Extensive timbering of cypress trees in
the early 1990s. Many carniverous plants; wading birds, fish, and other
waterfowl found here.
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