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Great Dismal Swamp
(Encyclopedia) Great Dismal Swamp, SE Va. and NE N.C. With dense forests and tangled undergrowth, the wetlands are a favorite site for sportsmen and naturalists. It once may have covered nearly 2,200…marsh
(Encyclopedia) marsh: see swamp.swamp
(Encyclopedia) swamp, shallow body of water in a low-lying, poorly drained depression, usually containing abundant plant growth dominated by trees, such as cypress, and high shrubs. Swamps develop in…Dismal Swamp
(Encyclopedia) Dismal Swamp, SE Va. and NE N.C.: see Great Dismal Swamp.Okefenokee Swamp
(Encyclopedia) Okefenokee SwampOkefenokee Swampōˌkəfənōˈkē [key], 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-…Chesapeake, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake Chesapeake chĕsˈəpēkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 249,422), formed independently by the merging…swamp fever
(Encyclopedia) swamp fever: see leptospirosis.Church, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Church, Benjamin, 1639–1718, New England colonial soldier in King Philip's War, b. Plymouth, Mass. He took a leading part in the Great Swamp Fight (Dec., 1675), W of Kingston, R.I.,…Naples, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Naples, resort city (1990 pop. 19,505), Collier co., SW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1927. Bordering the Big Cypress Swamp, the city has been called the “gateway to the Everglades…Waycross
(Encyclopedia) Waycross, city (1990 pop. 16,410), seat of Ware co., SE Ga.; settled 1818, inc. 1874. Waycross is a rail and highway center in a pine lumber, livestock, tobacco, and pecan area. It has…Trending
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