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Aerial view of Indian River Lagoon. The Indian River Lagoon is a grouping of three lagoons: the Mosquito Lagoon, the Banana River, and the Indian River, on the Atlantic Coast of Florida; one of the most biodiverse estuaries in the Northern Hemisphere and is home to more than 4,300 species of plants and animals.
The Indian River is a 121-mile (195 km) long [1] brackish-water lagoon on Florida's eastern Atlantic coast. [2] It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, which in turn forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It was originally called Río de Ais by the Spanish, after the Ais tribe who lived along the east coast of what is now Florida.
The Indian River Lagoon stretches from Ponce de Leon south of Daytona Beach to Jupiter Inlet near West Palm Beach, a distance of about 155 miles (249 km), and contains a number of small rivers, creeks, and canals. The Intracoastal Waterway is the deepest part of the Lagoon. St. Sebastian River and Turkey Creek provide freshwater to the Lagoon.
TCPalm's "Giving Days: Save Our Lagoon" fundraising series for 2023 helped raise over $40,000 for Treasure Coast environmental nonprofits that focus on the Indian River Lagoon and St. Lucie River ...
O'Connell concluded the lagoon's environment negatively affected them. "I am a little bit fearful for the future of the Indian River Lagoon unless we change our ways," he said. When is Shark Week ...
The Rivers Coalition is an advocacy organization started in 1998 and based out of Stuart, Florida, working on behalf of the St. Lucie River, St. Lucie Estuary, and Indian River Lagoon to stop the adverse environmental and economic effects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discharges into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It has an intimate dining room, an outdoor front porch and a closed-in back pork facing a canal from the Indian River Lagoon. What kind of food does Cooper's serve? Steaks and seafood. All of the ...
The Merritt Island Dragon or Merrit Island River Dragon was a dragon-shaped green concrete structure that stood at the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida, known as Dragon Point, where the Indian River Lagoon splits to form the Banana River Lagoon.