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Artificial island in Lake Worth Lagoon Pelican Island: 3 acres (1.2 ha) St. Lucie In the Indian River: Perdido Key: Escambia Barrier island Perico Island: Manatee In Tampa Bay: Picnic Islands: Miami-Dade Small group of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay Pigeon Key: 5 acres (2.0 ha) Monroe In the middle Florida Keys Pine Island: 18 square miles ...
At 345 feet (105 m) above mean sea level, Britton Hill in northern Walton County is the highest point in Florida and the lowest known highpoint of any U.S. state. [3] Much of the state south of Orlando is low-lying and fairly level; however, some places, such as Clearwater, feature vistas that rise 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the water.
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Florida.With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the Coastal plain.That exception is the Apalachicola River, which is formed by the merger of the Chattahoochee River, which originates in the Appalachian Mountains, and the Flint River, which originates in the Piedmont.
English: Topographic map of the State of Florida, USA (2000 Census). Note: the background map is a raster image embedded in the SVG file. Español: Mapa topográfico del estado de Florida , Estados Unidos ( censo del 2000 ).
A map dated 1695 identifies the area as Bahia Tampa. [38] Later maps dated 1794 [39] and 1800 [40] show the bay divided with three different names, Tampa Bay west of the Interbay peninsula and Hillsboro Bay on the east with an overall name of Bay of Spiritu Santo. At other times, the entire bay was identified as The Bay of Tocobaga. [41]
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
Florida may be known for its sugar-sand beaches, but many lakes and rivers provide fresh water for residents of the Sunshine State. These residents include alligators – thousands of them.
The Suwannee River seen near Fanning Springs in 1949. The Big Bend region is located at the northern end of Apalachee Bay along the broad arc of land where the predominantly east–west coastline of the Florida Panhandle connects to the predominantly north–south geography of the Florida Peninsula.