- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lower coastal plain and coastal islands
- Creator:
- Seabrook, Charles
- Date of Original:
- 2006-10-13
- Subject:
- Barrier islands--Georgia
Plains--Georgia
Coasts--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the lower coastal plain and coastal islands of Georgia. Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain, an environmental region of the Coastal Plain Province, contains some of the state's most well-known geographic features--the coastal barrier islands and the Okefenokee Swamp. The state's lowest elevations and its highest percentage of wetlands--including tidal salt and brackish marshes, bottomland hardwood swamps, and the Okefenokee--are found in the Lower Coastal Plain.
GSE identifier: SS2G1, SS8G1, SS8H1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/lower-coastal-plain-and-coastal-islands/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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