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Wakulla Springs is located 14 miles (23 km) south of Tallahassee, Florida and 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Crawfordville in Wakulla County, Florida at the crossroads of State Road 61 and State Road 267. It is protected in the Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park .
It contains Wakulla Springs, one of the world's largest and deepest first-order freshwater springs and an exit point of the Floridan Aquifer. Wakulla Springs' highest outflow has been measured at 860,000 U.S. gallons per minute (54 m 3 /s). The spring's average flow is about 400,000 US gallons per minute (25 m 3 /s).
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.
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Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park in Wakula Springs south of Tallahassee is full of cypress swamps and historic sites and home to one of the world's largest and deepest freshwater springs ...
Florida is filled with natural beauty – from the state’s crystal clear, teal freshwater springs, to thousands of lakes, hundreds of miles of beaches, and other stunning waterways that shape ...
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