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This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
The Pithlachascotee River, often called the Cotee or "Cootie" River, [1] [2] [3] is a blackwater river in Pasco County, Florida. Originating near Crews Lake , the river flows for over 23 miles (37 km) [ 4 ] to the south and west, flowing through the Starkey Wilderness Park before turning northwest through downtown New Port Richey , entering the ...
The following year, the state of Florida created the agency which eventually became the South Florida Water Management District, responsible for water quality, flood control, water supply and environmental restoration in 16 counties, from Orlando to the Florida Keys. [18] To control flooding, the Kissimmee River was straightened from 1962 to ...
The Floridan aquifer system underlies portions of five states. Source: USGS. The Floridan aquifer system spans an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 km 2) in the southeastern United States and underlies all of Florida and parts of southern Alabama, southeastern Georgia, and southern South Carolina. [1]
The USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center (formerly the USGS Center for Coastal Geology) has three sites, one for the Atlantic Ocean (located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts), one for the Pacific Ocean (located in Santa Cruz, California) and one for the Gulf of Mexico (located on the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus). The goal ...
Telogia Creek is a waterway in Florida. It is a major tributary of the Ochlockonee River. [1] It is used for canoeing. [2] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) monitors its discharge near Bristol. [3] The stream's water quality is monitored at a site near Greensboro. [4] Road crossings include the Telogia Creek Bridge.
Image of the Peace River. The Peace River is a river in the southwestern part of the Florida peninsula, in the U.S.A. [1] It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of Bartow in Polk County and flows south through Fort Meade (Polk County) Hardee County to Arcadia in DeSoto County and then southwest into the Charlotte Harbor estuary at Punta Gorda in Charlotte County.
National Water Quality Assessment Data Warehouse: Large amounts of georeferenced data about water quality. Includes ground and surfacewater sampling data, discharges and health information. OpenTopography: OpenTopography facilitates community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools and resources.