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  2. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp, or ignis fatuus (Latin for 'foolish flame'; [1] pl. ignes fatui), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The phenomenon is known in much of European folklore by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, and hinkypunk ...

  3. Evaporative cooler - Wikipedia

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    Porous pottery and coarse cloth maximize the area for evaporation. An evaporative cooler (also known as evaporative air conditioner, swamp cooler, swamp box, desert cooler and wet air cooler) is a device that cools air through the evaporation of water. Evaporative cooling differs from other air conditioning systems, which use vapor-compression ...

  4. Marsh gas - Wikipedia

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    Marsh gas, also known as swamp gas or bog gas, is a mixture primarily of methane and smaller amounts of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and trace phosphine that is produced naturally within some geographical marshes, swamps, and bogs. The surface of marshes, swamps, and bogs is initially porous vegetation that rots to form a crust that ...

  5. Okefenokee Swamp - Wikipedia

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    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 Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness. The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia and ...

  6. List of swamp monsters - Wikipedia

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    Other swamp monsters in comics include: Swamp Beast from Monster in My Pocket by Dwayne McDuffie and Gil Kane for Harvey Comics. Bog Swamp Demon, a fictional character appearing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books. Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams.

  7. Atchafalaya Basin - Wikipedia

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    A swamp in the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (/ əˌtʃæfəˈlaɪə /; Louisiana French: Atchafalaya, [atʃafalaˈja]), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of ...

  8. Evaporation - Wikipedia

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    Evaporation. Aerosol of microscopic water droplets suspended in the air above a cup of hot tea after the water vapor has sufficiently cooled and condensed. Water vapor is an invisible gas, but the clouds of condensed droplets refract and scatter the sunlight and are thus visible. Droplets of water vapor in a pan.

  9. Category:Swamps in fiction - Wikipedia

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    C. Children's books set in swamps ‎ (8 P) Comics set in swamps ‎ (7 P)