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St. Johns River
The St. Johns River ( es, Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At long, it flows north and winds through or borders twelve counties. The drop in elevation from headwaters to mouth is less than ; like most Florida waterways, the St. Johns has a very slow flow speed of , and is often described as "lazy".Whitney, p. 215. Numerous lakes are formed by the river or flow into it, but as a river its widest point is nearly across. The narrowest point is in the headwaters, an unnavigable marsh in Indian River County. The St. Johns drainage basin of includes some of Florida's major wetlands.The St. Johns River: Nominated as an American Heritage River , Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved on July 17, 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor, Florida
Astor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Florida, Lake County, Florida, United States, located on the west side of the St. Johns River between Lake George (Florida), Lake George and Lake Dexter (Polk County, Florida), Lake Dexter. The community straddles State Road 40 (Florida), State Road 40, with the community of Volusia, Florida, Volusia in Volusia County, Florida, Volusia County across the St. Johns to the east and Astor Park, Florida, Astor Park to the west. The population was 1,556 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Astor is located in northern Lake County at (29.1639, -81.5346). Via State Road 40, it is west of Ormond Beach, Florida, Ormond Beach and east of Ocala, Florida, Ocala. Tavares, Florida, Tavares, the county seat of Lake County, is to the southwest via SR 40 and Florida State Road 19, SR 19. According to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
