Great Cypress Swamp

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The Great Cypress Swamp (also known as Great Pocomoke Swamp, Cypress Swamp, or Big Cypress Swamp), is a freshwater swamp located on the Delmarva Peninsula in South Delaware and Southeastern Maryland. It is the northernmost of the southern swamps and one of many along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It covers about 50 sq mi/130 sq km, mostly in S. Sussex Co., DE; is the source of the Pocomoke River, which flows south, and Pepper Creek that flows NE; its lat/long coordinates are 38°29'N 75°18'W. This swamp once yielded much cypress timber. Due to over harvesting and a disastrous peat fire in 1930 much of its vegetation was destroyed.

[edit] See also

• Pocomoke River

[edit] External links

• Cypress Swamp. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America (2000). Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
• Holden, Christina (Spring 2005). The Great Cypress Swamp at Pokomoe River Park. The Maryland Natural Resource. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
• Maryland Swamps. HomeTownLocator. Retrieved on 2008-01-06.

Coordinates: 38°29′N 75°18′W / 38.483, -75.3