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2. Sudd - Wikipedia

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   1622 [1] Satellite image of the swamp around the time of the wet season. The Sudd (Arabic: السد, romanized: as-Sudd, Dinka: Toc) is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile 's Baḥr al-Jabal section. The Arabic word sudd is derived from sadd (سد), meaning "barrier" [2] or "obstruction". [3] The term "the sudd" has come to ...

3. Remembering Babylon - Wikipedia

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   0-7011-5883-2. OCLC. 28290162. Remembering Babylon is a book by David Malouf, published in 1993. It won the inaugural International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize [1] and the Miles Franklin Award. The novel covers themes of isolation, language, relationships (particularly those between men), community and living ...

4. 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 ...

5. List of places on land with elevations below sea level

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   This is a list of places on land below mean sea level.. Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc., are not included.

6. Mariana Trench - Wikipedia

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   The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width. The maximum known depth is 10,984 ± 25 metres (36,037 ± 82 ft ...

7. Atchafalaya Basin - Wikipedia

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   The Atchafalaya Basin, or Atchafalaya Swamp (/ ə ˌ tʃ æ f ə ˈ l aɪ ə /; 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 Mexico converge.