>>4013905oh, and no, it's nothing close to arid. Americans don't perceive it as such generally, but the Gulf Coast is mostly rainforest. It's just not the exotic kind from the movies. It's swamps, rivers, thunderstorms, and flowing mud.
https://ahc.alabama.gov/properties/bottlecreek/bottlecreek.aspxfor whatever reason, people think you have to go to South America to hear stories of lost cities out in the swamp. Even locals are ignorant of what kind of environment this really is.
