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Where is the largest river swamp in north america?

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Louisiana - Spanning nearly 1 million acres, south-central Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin is the nation's largest river swamp. A distributary of the Mississippi River, the swamp begins near Simmesport and stretches 140 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico.
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