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Weeki Wachee Springs is a natural tourist attraction located in Weeki Wachee, Florida, where underwater performances by "mermaids," women wearing fish tails as well as other fanciful outfits, can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting in the spring of the Weeki Wachee River.
Weeki Wachee is an unincorporated community and former city located in Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , the community has a total population of 16. The 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs park are located in the area.
The Weeki Wachee River is a river in Hernando County, Florida, United States. It flows 12 miles (19 km) [ 1 ] westwards from Weeki Wachee to the Gulf of Mexico at the Weeki Wachee estuary. The name is derived from the Seminole : uekiwv /oykéywa, wi:-/ "spring" and -uce /-oci/ "small", signifying either a small spring or an offshoot of a town ...
In 2007, KUR found that Weeki Wachee Springs is the deepest known naturally formed spring in the United States at a depth of 407 feet (124 m). [1] From May 22 until August 30, 2007, the discharge at Weeki Wachee Spring dropped to a level that allowed for cave divers to gain effective entry into the cave system at the head spring. The KUR team ...
Weeki Wachee Springs: Hernando: 538 acres (218 ha) 2008: Weeki Wachee River: The headspring area features underwater performances by female dancers in mermaid costumes Wekiwa Springs State Park: Orange: 7,723 acres (3,128 ha) 1969: Wekiva River: 42 million gallons (159 million liters) of 72 °F (22 °C) water outflow daily Werner-Boyce Salt ...
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Mermaid shows were a feature of clear spring-water tourist attractions, particularly in Florida. They appeared after World War Two with the development of both the aqualung and of tourism by private car.
The coast between the Withlacoochee and Anclote rivers is known as the Springs Coast. Four short (4 to 12 km long) rivers, the Crystal, Homosassa, Chassahowitzka, and Weeki Wachee rivers, are fed almost entirely by first-magnitude springs, as there is almost no surface runoff in the area.