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The IJsselmeer [a] (Dutch: [ˌɛisəlˈmeːr] ⓘ; West Frisian: Iselmar, Dutch Low Saxon: Iesselmeer), also known as Lake IJssel in English, [3] is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas. Many of the busiest ports in the United States in terms of tons of cargo [6] are located on or near the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. Notable ports on or near the waterway include: [needs update] Florida. Apalachicola, Florida; Carrabelle, Florida; Panama City, Florida ...
The IJssel (Dutch: ⓘ; Dutch Low Saxon: Iessel(t)) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour.
Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s [5] while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at 1,410 km 2 (540 sq mi), but not gross land as that includes much of the waters of the fresh water lakes (meres) mentioned.
Port cities and towns of the Florida Gulf coast (5 C, 7 P) This page was last edited on 19 April 2013, at 03:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
JAXPORT is the largest port by volume in Florida, and the 14th largest container port in the United States. [3] It carries about 18 million short tons of cargo each year [ 4 ] and has an annual economic impact of over $31 billion, including 138,500 jobs across the state of Florida related to cargo moving through the port. [ 5 ]
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 ...