Editing Okefenokee Swamp (section)

{{Short description|Wetlands in Florida and Georgia, US}}
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| name            = Okefenokee Swamp
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| photo_caption   = Wooded swamp habitat on the west side of the swamp
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| map_image       = Okefenokeelocatormap.png
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| location        = Southern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<br />Northern [[Florida]]
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| area_acre       = 438000
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| embedded        = {{Infobox designation list
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  | designation1 = NNL
  | designation1_date = 1974
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The '''Okefenokee Swamp''' is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000&nbsp;ha), [[peat]]-filled wetland straddling the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]–[[Florida]] line in the United States. A majority of the [[swamp]] is protected by the [[Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge]] and the [[Okefenokee Wilderness]]. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the [[List of the seven natural wonders of Georgia (U.S. state)|Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia]] and is the largest "[[blackwater river|blackwater]]" swamp in North America.

The swamp was designated a [[National Natural Landmark]] in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=OKSW-GA |title= Okefenokee Swamp |publisher= [[National Park Service]] |work= nps.gov |access-date= March 10, 2013 |archive-date= April 2, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402185014/http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=OKSW-GA |url-status= dead }}</ref>