. The life of inland waters; an elementary text book of fresh-water biology for American students. Freshwater biology. Okefenokee Swamp 93 The Okefenokee Swamp. In southern Georgia lies this most interesting of American swamps. It is formed behind a low barrier that lies in a N., N. E.â S., S. W. direction across the broad sandy coastal plain, intersecting the course of the southernmost rivers of. â ^Z 'iku^ Fig. 28. A view of "Chase's Prairie" in the more open eastern portion of the Okefenokee Swamp, taken from an elevation of fifty feet up a pine tree on one of the incipient islets
. The life of inland waters; an elementary text book of fresh-water biology for American students. Freshwater biology. Okefenokee Swamp 93 The Okefenokee Swamp. In southern Georgia lies this most interesting of American swamps. It is formed behind a low barrier that lies in a N., N. E.â S., S. W. direction across the broad sandy coastal plain, intersecting the course of the southernmost rivers of. â ^Z 'iku^ Fig. 28. A view of "Chase's Prairie" in the more open eastern portion of the Okefenokee Swamp, taken from an elevation of fifty feet up a pine tree on one of the incipient islets. The water is of uniform depth (about four or five feet). This is one of the most remarkable landscapes in the world. Photo by Mr. Francis Harper. Georgia that drain into the Atlantic. Behind the bar- rier the waters coming from the northward are retained upon a low, nearly level plain, that is thinly overspread with sand and underlaid with clay. They cover an area some forty miles in diameter, hardly anywhere too deep for growth of vascular plants. There is httle dis- coverable current except in the nascent channels of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956; Lloyd, John Thomas, 1884- joint author. Ithaca,N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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