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The Great Dismal swamp is about 5,000 acres.
I must give more information than the above....The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, located in Eastern Virginia and continuing into Eastern North Carolina is approximately 112,000 acres. This is a Federally maintained property. The Dismal Swamp State Park, which looks like a 'chunk' taken out of the Great Dismal Swamp, is located in North Carolina and is approximately 5,000 acres. Together, the Great Dismal Swamp is about 117,000 total acres. It used to be almost 1,000,000 acres when Europeans first started settling the area.
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How man people live at the great dismal swamp?
If your question is how big is the Great Dismal Swamp, today the swamp covers approximately 112,000 acres, but when the first colonial explorers came to the swamp it covered almost one million acres of Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. Most of what remains of the swamp has become the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge with no peoples living within the refuge boundary.
What is the world's biggest swamp where is it and how big is it?
There are several large swamps all over the world. The three largest are the Sudd Swamp in Sudan, the Okefenokee Swamp in the United States, and the Sundarbans Swamp Delta in Bangladesh.
What are some landforms and waterways in the southeast region?
the mississippi rive, the appalachian mountains
What swamp cover most of southern?
the swamp with water
What climate the swamp is in?
In a swamp, the climate is warm and very wet.
What are largest swamps in the US?
The largest swamp in the United States is the Atchafalaya Swamp. This swamp is located in Louisiana and covers an area of 260,000 acres.
How much swamp land is in Louisiana?
The Atchafalaya Swamp is 931 sq. miles or 2,410 km2.
What is the largest freshwater swamp in the US?
The Atchafalaya Basin in Southeast Louisiana.
Is there a Big foot creature in the Atchafalaya Swamp?
report in that are has not been confirmed in bfro. the reports gattered by witneses flew away with the wind. It is noted that bigfoot handle various habitat conditions.
What is louisiana's best known swamp located between two levees built 18 miles apart?
Atchafalaya
Largest swamp in America?
The largest swamp in the world is the Vasyugan Swamp in Russia. It is about 53 times larger than the largest in the United States-- the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia and Florida.
What state is the big cypress swamp in?
The big cypress swamp is in the state of Florida
What is largest swamp in North America?
Swamps are the most common in the south eastern portion of the United States.
When was Atchafalaya National Heritage Area created?
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area was created in 2006.
How many square miles are in the Atchafalaya Basin?
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana is 931 square miles.
When was Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge created?
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1986.
Does the atchafalaya River run along side Bayou Sorrel?
No, the atchafalaya runs behind the levee system. Bayou sorrel has a flux of water from the atchafalaya but us more brackish.
