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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

's Lower Coastal Plain, often referred to as the "Coastal Empire", is a subregion that encompasses the lowest-lying areas of the

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in the state, containing

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s, marshes, and swampy lowlands, as well as flat plains and low terraces. It differs from Georgia's Upper Coastal Plain in that it is lower in elevation with less relief and wetter soils. The

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defines the Lower Coastal Plain as an ecoregion, part of the larger, interstate Southern Coastal Plain. Within the subregion flow the major rivers the Altamaha, Ogeechee, Saint Marys,

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, Satilla, and Suwannee (all of which, except the Suwannee River, empty into the

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); the Saint Marys and Suwannee rivers have their origins in the Okefenokee Swamp. The Coastal Plain is also the home to

, the first capital city which was declared in 1733. The subregion is somewhat synonymous with Coastal Georgia, and contains the counties of Atkinson,

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, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Lanier, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne, south of the Altamaha River; and Bryan, Chatham, Effingham,

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, Long, and McIntosh, north of the Altamaha River.Parts of Appling, Bulloch, Coffee, Evans, Jeff Davis, Lowndes, Screven, and Tattnall, counties, are located within the EPA-defined ecoregion. The three metropolitan areas are those of Brunswick, Hinesville–Fort Stewart, and

. The largest census county divisions, in the order of decreasing population, are

, Hinesville, Pooler– Bloomingdale, Brunswick, Saint Marys, Waycross, Jesup, Richmond Hill, Tybee Island, and Everett. The total population of the eighteen-county subregion is 726,132 (286,271 south of, and 439,861 north of, the Altamaha River), as of the 2010 U.S. census.

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