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25 feet (7.6 m) [ 1 ] The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee.
Peace River (Florida) Coordinates: 26°55′02″N82°08′33″W26.9172844°N 82.1425909°W. 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 ...
Econfina Creek. Coordinates: 30.352909°N 85.556529°W. Econfina Creek Canoe Launch. Econfina Creek is a small river in the middle Florida Panhandle. It flows through hilly country, and has sections of whitewater rapids. Much of its flow comes from springs. The river ends at Deer Point Lake, a reservoir that provides the freshwater supply for ...
St. Lucie Estuary Watershed. The St. Lucie River is a 35-mile-long (56 km) [1] estuary linked to a coastal river system in St. Lucie and Martin counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The St. Lucie River and St. Lucie Estuary are an "ecological jewel" of the Treasure Coast, central to the health and well-being of the surrounding communities. [2]
The Hillsborough River is a river located in the state of Florida in the United States. It arises in the Green Swamp near the juncture of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties, and flows 60 miles (97 km) [ 3 ] through Pasco and Hillsborough Counties to an outlet in the city of Tampa on Hillsborough Bay. It includes 4 nature trails extending for ...
Suwannee River. The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. [1] The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida ...
Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
Designated. May 17, 1985. The Loxahatchee River (Seminole for river of turtles) [1] is a 7.6 mile river [2] near the southeast coast of Florida. It is a National Wild and Scenic River, one of only two in the state, [1] and received its federal designation on May 17, 1985. The source of the Loxahatchee River is in Riverbend Park on the south ...