Okefenokee Swamp
The
Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 400,000-acre,
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 an
American Indian language.
It is also the home of the comic strip character Pogo.