The Shark River is a major

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Harney River The Harney River is a river in Monroe County, Florida. Harney river was named after Colonel William S. Harney. It is long. References {{Reflist Bodies of water of Monroe County, Florida Rivers of Florida ...

in the southwestern portion of

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. It is located in Monroe County,

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. The

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is entirely

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. The mouth of the river is at

Ponce de Leon Bay Ponce de Leon Bay is a bay on the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Florida in the United States. The bay is located in Monroe County at the northwestern end of Cape Sable in the Everglades National Park. Ponce de Leon Bay leads into Oyster Bay ...

, part of the

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. The river is only long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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References

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