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The South Florida Water Management District controls an extensive system of canals and other control systems and pumping stations along with the Biscayne Aquifer, Lake Okeechobee and three other large water conservation areas as it monitors and controls the storage and release of the water in the district. It must take into account the danger ...
Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
The Straits of Florida The Florida straits, the J-shaped channel between southeastern Florida and the Bahamas, and the Florida Keys and Cuba.. The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or Florida Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Florida) is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland, generally accepted to be between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the ...
The Floridan aquifer system underlies portions of five states. Source: USGS. The Floridan aquifer system spans an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 km 2) in the southeastern United States and underlies all of Florida and parts of southern Alabama, southeastern Georgia, and southern South Carolina. [1]
Chart of Florida Bay showing water depths and the shoals and islands that divide it into basins or lakes. Encompassing roughly one-third of Everglades National Park, [1] Florida Bay is variously stated to be 800 square miles (2,100 km 2), [2] or 850 square miles (2,200 km 2), [3] or 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2). [4]
The platform's western edge, or Florida Escarpment, is normally defined where water depths at 300 feet (91 m) drop dramatically and in a short distance to 10,000 feet (3,000 m). The Florida peninsula is located on the eastern side of the platform, where in places it lies only 3 to 4 miles (4.8 to 6.4 km) from the platform's edge.
Location: Polk County, Florida: Coordinates: 1]: Type: natural freshwater lake: Primary outflows: Peace River: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 1.25 miles (2.01 km): Max. width: 1.03 miles (1.66 km): Surface area: 624 acres (253 ha): Average depth: 10.9 feet (3.3 m): Max. depth: 18.7 feet (5.7 m): Water volume: 2,270,506,840 US gallons (8.5948033 × 10 9 L) gallons: Surface ...
The most recent data (September 2011) indicate that total phosphorus concentrations were 80 ppb (a decrease of 62 percent compared to the baseline period), chlorophyll a was 52 ppb (decrease of 36 percent), and water transparency (Secchi depth) was 37 cm, (increase of 53 percent).