page_title: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
section_title: Topography
hierarchical_section_title: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge / Topography
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the northern section of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
context_page_description: The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 31,551 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina. Of the total area, 15,395 acres is in Georgia and 15,263 acres is in South Carolina. The refuge was established to provide sanctuary for migratory waterfowl and other birds and as a nature and forest preserve for aesthetic and conservation purposes.
  The refuge is one of seven refuges administered by the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex in Hardeeville, South Carolina. The complex has a combined staff of 25 with a fiscal year 2018 budget of roughly $3,000,000.
context_section_description: The refuge is located in the heart of the Lowcountry, a band of low land, bordered on the west by sandhill ridges and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, extending from Georgetown, South Carolina to St. Mary's, Georgia.
  
  There are 38 miles (61 km) of river and over 25 miles (40 km) of streams and creeks within the refuge boundaries. Refuge habitats include bottomland hardwoods, palustrine, estuarine and tidal freshwater wetlands.  Managed freshwater impoundments make up about 3,000 acres (12 km²).
caption: View of the northern section of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.
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