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30°37′N 82°19′W / 30.617°N 82.317°W / 30.617; -82.317. Area. 438,000 acres (1,770 km 2) U.S. National Natural Landmark. Designated. 1974. The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat -filled wetland straddling the Georgia – Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the ...
Apios americana, sometimes called the American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut (not to be confused with other plants in the subfamily Faboideae sometimes known by that name) is a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.
The U.S. state of Georgia is commonly divided into four geologic regions that influence the location of the state's four traditional physiographic regions. [ 1][ 2] The four geologic regions include the Appalachian foreland, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. These four geologic regions commonly share names with and typically overlap the ...
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States in North America.The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south.
Northern highbush blueberry. A number of popular and commercially important food plants are native to the Americas.Some are endemic, meaning they occur naturally only in the Americas and nowhere else, while others occur naturally both in the Americas and on other continents as well.
Wiregrass (region) Coordinates: 31.061333°N 85.118208°W. Wiregrass ecosystem on the Gulf Coast. Map showing southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. The Wiregrass region, also known as the Wiregrass plains or Wiregrass country, is an area of the Southern United States encompassing parts of southern Georgia ...
The Altamaha River / ˈɑːltəməhɑː / is a major river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles (220 km) from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties into the ocean near Brunswick, Georgia. No dams are directly on the Altamaha, though ...
Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,784 feet (1,458 m) above sea level; the lowest is the Atlantic Ocean. With the exception of some high-altitude areas in the Blue Ridge, the entirety of the state has a humid subtropical climate. Of the states entirely east of the Mississippi River, Georgia is the largest in land area. [10]