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St. Johns River
The St. Johns River () is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and is the most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At long, it flows north and winds through or borders 12 counties. The drop in elevation from River source, headwaters to River mouth, 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, FL, 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 Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astor, Florida
Astor is an Unincorporated area#United States, 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 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wekiva River
The Wekiva River (sometimes spelled Wekiwa, a Creek word meaning "spring of water") is a river in Central Florida, north of Orlando in the United States. It originates in Apopka and joins the St. Johns River, the longest river in the state, in DeBary. The Wekiva River system includes the main stem joined by three main tributaries - Rock Springs Run, Blackwater Creek, and the Little Wekiva River - and about 30 contributing groundwater springs."Wekiva River" St. Johns River Water Management District. Retrieved on 2013-04-02. It is designated as a Florida State Canoe Trail, an Outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian River County, FL
Indian River County () is a county located in the southeastern and east-central portions of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159,788. Its seat is Vero Beach. It is Florida's 7th richest county and in 2000 was the 87th richest county in the U.S. by per capita income. Indian River County comprises the Sebastian-Vero Beach- West Vero Corridor, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The MSA was first defined as the Vero Beach, Florida MSA in 2003. It was renamed Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida MSA in 2005, and Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, Florida MSA in 2023. The MSA is included in the Miami- Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Combined Statistical Area. On November 16-17 2023, northern Indian River County was severely impacted by flooding after 14” of rain fell in less than 24 hours. History Prior to 1821, the area of Indian River County was part of the Spanish colony of East Florida. In 1822, this area became part of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p More in general, the word can be used for any low-lying and seasonally waterlogged terrain. In Europe and in agricultural literature low-lying meadows that require draining and embanked polderlands are also referred to as marshes or marshland. Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes and streams, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are often dominated by grasses, rushes or reeds. If woody plants are present they tend to be low-growing shrubs, and the marsh is sometimes called a carr. This form of vegetation is what differentiates marshes from other types of wetland such as swamps, which are dominated by trees, and mires, which are wetlands that have accumulated deposits of acidic peat. Marshes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Mouth
A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carrying capacity of the water. The water from a river can enter the receiving body in a variety of different ways. The motion of a river is influenced by the relative density of the river compared to the receiving water, the rotation of the Earth, and any ambient motion in the receiving water, such as tides or seiches. If the river water has a higher density than the surface of the receiving water, the river water will plunge below the surface. The river water will then either form an underflow or an interflow within the lake. However, if the river water is lighter than the receiving water, as is typically the case when fresh river water flows into the sea, the river water will float along the surface of the receiving water as an overflow. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Source
The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flows has many headwaters, these being all of the individual headwaters of its tributaries. Each headwater is one of the river or stream's sources, as it is the place where surface runoffs from rainwater, meltwater, or spring water begin accumulating into a more substantial and consistent flow that becomes a Strahler number, first-order tributary of that river or stream. The tributary with the longest channel (geography), channel of all the tributaries to a river or stream, such length measured from that tributary's headwater to its mouth where it discharges into the river or stream, is the main stem of the river or stream in question. Definition The United States Geological Survey (USGS) states that a river's "length may be considered to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a Navigability, inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas, Brownsville, Texas. Some sections of the waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and Sound (geography), sounds, while others are artificial Canal, canals. Maintained, improved, and extensively dredged where necessary by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea. Context and early history Since the East Coast of the United States, Eastern coastline represented the national border, and commerce of the time was chiefly by water, the fledgling Federal government of the United States, United States government established a degree of national control over it. Inland transporta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pottsburg Creek
The Pottsburg Creek is an urban creek in Jacksonville, Florida. Its beginning is near a retention pond behind the old studios of WJXX. It outputs into the Arlington River (north of Atlantic Boulevard and west of Arlington Road) which in turn empties into the St. Johns River. The creek primarily flows through the heart of Jacksonville's Southside, and through southern parts of the Arlington neighborhood. Tour The Pottsburg Creek originates in the Southpoint section of Jacksonville's Southside. The origins of the pond are unknown, however, most ideas point to a retention pond near a television studio formerly used by ABC affiliate WJXX. Historical records of Spanish land grants filed with the Florida territorial government, such as for the plot owned by Peter Bagley, indicate a tributary of the Arlington River named Pottsburg Creek on maps of the area as early as 1824. The creek starts out as a very narrow, and almost swamplike canal. The creek travels under busy J. Turner Butler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trout River (Florida)
The Trout River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 21, 2011 tributary of the St. Johns River in Duval County, Florida. Located entirely within Jacksonville's Northside area, the river is brackish in its lower section. The widest point of the river is near the St. Johns River, where it is across. The Trout River has wetlands as far as the mouth of the river's longest tributary, the Ribault River. Tributaries Major tributaries of the Trout River include the Ribault River, Little Trout River, and Moncrief Creek. Course Beginning in northwestern Jacksonville, in Duval County, the river starts out as a creek. east of the source, the river is crossed by U.S. 1. downstream, the creek passes through the subdivision of River Falls. After this, the river widens into wetlands with a multitude of tributaries. downstream, a long tributary named the "Little Trout River". It originates at the forest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Florida)
Black Creek is a tributary of the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida. It is formed by the confluence of North Fork Black Creek and South Fork Black Creek. North Fork Black Creek originates as an outflow from Kingsley Lake and flows north and then southeast, meeting South Fork Black Creek on the east side of MIddleburg. North Fork Black Creek has Yellow Water Creek as its main tributary. South Fork Black Creek originates in a chain of lakes about four miles south of Kingsley Lake, with Ates Creek, Bull Creek, and Greens Creek as its main tributaries. Both forks are fed by areas of wetlands and numerous small streams. Black Creek basin The Black Creek basin covers , including about two-thirds of Clay County. The western edge of the basin is the Trail Ridge, a sand ridge extending from northeastern Florida into southeastern Georgia. The northern of the Black Creek watershed lies in Duval County. North Fork Black Creek and South Fork Black Creek both originate from lakes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Creek (St
Rice Creek might refer to: __NOTOC__ United States Streams * Rice Creek (Feather River), a North Fork Feather River tributary in California * Rice Creek (St. Johns River), Florida * Rice Creek (Elk River tributary), Minnesota * Rice Creek (Mississippi River tributary), the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota * Rice Creek (Snake River tributary), Minnesota * Rice Creek (Missouri), a stream * Rice Creek, Wisconsin, a stream - see Rice Creek State Natural Area Other * Rice Creek, Michigan, a community * Rice Creek, a small Native American band of the Lower Sioux Dakota in the 1800s Canada * Rice Creek (British Columbia), Canada, a stream {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
