What is Great Pocomoke Swamp?

Information about Great Pocomoke Swamp

Great Pocomoke Swamp or Cypress Swamp, is 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 Atlantic Ocean's coast it is a freshwater swamp covering about 50 sq mi/130 sq km, mostly in S. Sussex Co., DE; source of Pocomoke River, which flows south, and Pepper Creek that flows NE; 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. It is also called Big Cypress Swamp.

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Pocomoke River stretches approximately 73 miles (117 km) from southern Delaware through southeastern Maryland in the United States. At its mouth, the river is essentially an arm of Chesapeake Bay, whereas the upper river flows through a series of relatively inaccessible wetlands
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