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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|557|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|544|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|12|sqmi}} (2.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located in [[Southwest Georgia]]. Most of the western portion of Colquitt County, west of [[Moultrie, Georgia|Moultrie]] and [[Georgia State Route 33|State Route 33]], is located in the Upper [[Ochlockonee River]] sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin, with the exception of the very northwestern corner of the county, between [[Sale City, Georgia|Sale City]] and west of [[Doerun, Georgia|Doerun]], which is located in the Lower [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow central portion of Colquitt County, running from north to south of Moultrie, and then widening to occupy the gap between [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]] and [[Georgia State Route 133|State Route 133]], is located in the [[Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River)|Withlacoochee River]] sub-basin of the [[Suwannee River]] basin. The eastern portion of the county is located in the [[Little River (Withlacoochee River)|Little River]] sub-basin of the same Suwannee River basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 25, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Lakes=== * [[Gray Lake]] * [[Lake Murphy (Colquitt County, Georgia)|Lake Murphy]] ===Major highways=== {{div col}} * [[File:US 319.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|U.S. Route 319]] * [[U.S. Route 319 Business (Moultrie, Georgia)|U.S. Route 319 Business]] * [[File:Georgia 33.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 33|State Route 33]] * [[File:Georgia 35.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 35|State Route 35]] * [[File:Georgia 37.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 37|State Route 37]] * [[File:Georgia 111.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 111|State Route 111]] * [[File:Georgia 133.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 133|State Route 133]] * [[File:Georgia 202.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 202|State Route 202]] * [[File:Georgia 256.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 256|State Route 256]] * [[File:Georgia 270.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 270|State Route 270]] * [[File:Georgia 270 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 270 Spur (Doerun)|State Route 270 Spur]] {{div col end}} ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Tift County, Georgia|Tift County]] (northeast) * [[Cook County, Georgia|Cook County]] (east) * [[Brooks County, Georgia|Brooks County]] (southeast) * [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas County]] (southwest) * [[Mitchell County, Georgia|Mitchell County]] (west) * [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth County]] (northwest)
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