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Okefenokee Swamp - Definition and Overview

The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 400,000 acre (1600 km²), peat-filled swamp located near the southern border of Georgia, in the United States. It is the largest freshwater swamp in North America. It is believed to have been a prehistoric salt marsh. The name means "trembling earth" in a Native American language.

It is also the home of the comic strip character Pogo.

Example Usage of Okefenokee

FreeListMinn: Free book. Paddling Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (1998) (St. Paul): Free book. Paddling Okefenokee Nation... http://bit.ly/7726Jy
dfilaroski: @JanKorb Yikes! But if snakes = fun, join me on my next canoe trip through Okefenokee Swamp. It'll be a blast! :-)
sheen0uz: Okefenokee - Land of the Trembling Earth - Waycross, GA... http://tinyurl.com/yfq2736
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