Lake Waccamaw

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Lake Waccamaw is a unique fresh water lake located in Columbus County in North Carolina. The lake is oval in shape and measures roughly 5.2 by 3.5 miles (5.6 km) with an average depth of 7.5 feet (2.3 m). It covers 36,170,802 square meters, an average width of 2.32 meters and a shoreline of about 22,852 meters. The marginal 70% of the lake bottom is composed of clear sand, whereas the central 30% is overlaid with a deposit of fibrous and pulpy peat.[1] The lake is fed by four creeks: First, Second, Third, and Big Creeks. The lake outlet forms the Waccamaw River which flows southeasterly to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown, South Carolina
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Waccamaw
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Coordinates:   34°17'13"N   78°30'37"W

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  • This has got to be the largest Carolina Bay on Earth / in the World. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Bay
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