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Georgia Aquarium is a public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The aquarium exhibits hundreds of species and thousands of animals across its seven major galleries, all of which reside in more than 11 million US gallons (42,000 m 3 ) of water.
With over 11 million gallons, the largest aquarium in the United States is the Georgia Aquarium. [1] [2] This is a list of existing public aquariums [3] in the United States, some of which are unaccredited. For zoos, see List of zoos in the United States.
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA), is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.
A whale shark at Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the United States. A public aquarium (pl. aquaria) or public water zoo is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, which houses living aquatic animal and plant specimens for public viewing. Most public aquariums feature tanks larger than those kept by home aquarists, as well as smaller tanks.
The Flint RiverQuarium features both freshwater and saltwater river ecosystem of Southwest Georgia as well as the world. Blue Hole Spring is an open-air, 175,000-US-gallon (660,000 L), 22 ft (6.7 m) deep tank filled by a natural spring below. It exhibits the diverse life forms of the Flint River, which runs through Southwest Georgia. [4]
This category is for public aquariums in Georgia, United States. Pages in category "Aquaria in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) with zookeeper. Zoo Atlanta was founded in 1889, when businessman George V. Gress purchased a bankrupt traveling circus and donated the animals to the city of Atlanta. [3]
In an example of his early work, in 2002 Swanagan and aquarium biologist Bruce Carlson observed the sunrise in the vacant lot that would become the Georgia Aquarium. [2] The purpose of Swanagan's and Carlson's observation was to locate the spot for the future aquarium's coral reef tank. [ 2 ]