Editing Ware County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|908|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|892|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|16|sqmi}} (1.7%) 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 the largest county in Georgia by area. A large portion of the county lies within the [[Okefenokee Swamp]] and its [[Protected areas of the United States|federally protected areas]].

More than half of Ware County, made up by the western half of the southern portion of the county, the land bridge to the northern portion of the county, and the southern and western portion of the northern section of the county, is located in the Upper [[Suwannee River]] sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The eastern half of the southern portion of Ware County is located in the [[St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)|St. Marys River]] sub-basin of the St. Marys-[[Satilla River]] basin. The rest of the county, from just southeast to north and west of [[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]], is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the same St. Marys-Satilla 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 27, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 1.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 1 in Georgia|U.S. Route 1]]
* [[File:Business plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[File:US 1.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 1 Business (Waycross, Georgia)|U.S. Route 1 Business]]
* [[File:US 23.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|U.S. Route 23]]
* [[File:Business plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[File:US 23.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 23 Business (Waycross, Georgia)|U.S. Route 23 Business]]
* [[File:US 82.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 82 in Georgia|U.S. Route 82]]
* [[File:US 84.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 84 in Georgia|U.S. Route 84]]
* [[File:Georgia 4.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 4|State Route 4]]
* [[File:Georgia 4 Business.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 4 Business (Waycross)|State Route 4 Business]]
* [[File:Georgia 38.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 38|State Route 38]]
* [[File:Georgia 122.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 122|State Route 122]]
* [[File:Georgia 158.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 158|State Route 158]]
* [[File:Georgia 177.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 177|State Route 177]]
* [[File:Georgia 520.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 520|State Route 520]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Bacon County, Georgia|Bacon County]] - north
* [[Pierce County, Georgia|Pierce County]] - east
* [[Brantley County, Georgia|Brantley County]] - east
* [[Charlton County, Georgia|Charlton County]] - southeast
* [[Baker County, Florida|Baker County]], [[Florida]] - south
* [[Clinch County, Georgia|Clinch County]] - west
* [[Atkinson County, Georgia|Atkinson County]] - west
* [[Coffee County, Georgia|Coffee County]] - northwest
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===National protected area===
* [[Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)