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Outstanding Florida Waters have special restrictions on any new activities that would lower water quality or otherwise degrade the body of water. The Outstanding Florida Water designation has been applied to all bodies of water in national parks, national wildlife refuges, national seashores, national preserves, national marine sanctuaries and ...
This is a list of bodies of water in Florida that have been designated as special Outstanding Florida Waters by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The first comprehensive study of Florida's springs was published in 1947. The next update was released 30 years later in the Florida Geological Survey Bulletin No. 31, Revised, "Springs of Florida". [6] In the 1977 Rosenau survey, there were sixteen offshore (under water) springs identified. All but two were situated on the Gulf coast.
The Econ River flows through Osceola, Orange, and Seminole counties in Central Florida, just east of the Orlando Metropolitan Area (east of State Road 417). It is a designated Outstanding Florida Waters. [3] The origin of the river's name is not known definitively. In 1839 the spelling was recorded as “Econ-like Hatchee”.
The bay, formerly the home of 90% of Florida’s oyster harvest, has been in decline for over a decade due to drought, water flow issues and pollution, and oyster harvest is closed through the end ...
The Perdido River, also historically known as Rio Perdido or by its native name of Cassaba, [1] [2] is a 65.4-mile-long (105.3 km) [3] river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida; the Perdido, a designated Outstanding Florida Waters river, forms part of the boundary between the two states along nearly its entire length and drains into the Gulf of Mexico.
The main article for this category is List of rivers of Florida; ... List of Outstanding Florida Waters; List of rivers of Florida. Bayou; A. Alafia River;
It is designated as a Florida State Canoe Trail, an Outstanding Florida Water, and an Aquatic Preserve by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. [4] The Wekiva River system is also one of the two rivers in Florida federally designated as a National Wild and Scenic River for its scenery, recreation, geology, and diverse habitats. [5]