Caloosahatchee River

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Caloosahatchee River

The Caloosahatchee River is a river

River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida

Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
in the United States

United States

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, approximately 75 mi (121 km long). It drains rural area on the northern edge of the Everglades

Everglades

The Everglades are a tropics wetland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large Drainage basin....
northwest of Miami

Miami, Florida

Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
. An important link in the inland waterway

Waterway

A waterway is any navigable body of water. These include rivers, lakes, seas, oceans, and canals. In order for a waterway to be navigable, it must meet several criteria:...
system of southern Florida, the river forms a tidal estuary along most of its course and has recently become the subject of efforts to restore and preserve the Everglades.

river issues from Lake Hicpochee, in southeastern Glades County

Glades County, Florida

Glades County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 10,576. The United States Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 11,252 ....
, approximately 10 mi (16 km) WNW of Clewiston

Clewiston, Florida

Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, Florida. The population was 6,460 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 7,173....
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The Caloosahatchee River is a river

River

Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
in the United States

United States

Everglades

The Everglades are a tropics wetland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large Drainage basin....
northwest of Miami

Miami, Florida

Waterway

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The river issues from Lake Hicpochee, in southeastern Glades County

Glades County, Florida

Clewiston, Florida

Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, Florida. The population was 6,460 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 7,173....
. It flows WSW past La Belle, where it becomes tidal, forming an estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
along its lower 25 mi (40 km). It broadens as it nears the gulf, passing Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. Its population was 48,208 in the United States Census 2000....
and Cape Coral

Cape Coral, Florida

Cape Coral is a city in Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. With over of navigable waterways, Cape Coral has more miles of canals than any other city on earth....
. It enters the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
10 mi (16 km) southwest of Fort Myers in San Carlos Bay

San Carlos Bay (Florida)

San Carlos Bay is a bay located southwest of Fort Myers, Florida, Florida, at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.The United States Navy seaplane tender USS San Carlos , in commission from 1944 to 1947, was named for the bay....
protected by Sanibel Island

Sanibel Island

Sanibel Island is an island located on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida, just offshore of Fort Myers, Florida. Located within Lee County, Florida, Sanibel is a barrier island ? a collection of sand on the windward and leeward side of the Gulf Stream from the more solid coral-rock of Pine Island ....
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The 5 mi (8 km) Caloosahatchee Canal connecting Lake Hicpochee to Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee, locally referred to as The Lake or The Big O is a freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-largest freshwater lake wholly within the continental United States, second only to Lake Michigan and the largest in the southern United States....
allows continuous navigation

Navigation

Navigation is the process of reading, and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks....
from the Caloosahatchee to the Okeechobee Waterway

Okeechobee Waterway

The Okeechobee Waterway is a man-made waterway stretching from Fort Myers, Florida on the west coast to Stuart, Florida on the east coast of Florida....
system. Since the late 19th century, dredging and channelization

Channelization

Channelization may refer to:*Channelization *River engineering#Channelization....
of the river, as well as the artificial connection to Lake Okeechobee and its use as a water supply

Water supply

Water supply is the process of self-provision or provision by third parties in the water industry, commonly a public utility, of water resources of various qualities to different users....
for urban

Urban area

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and agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
uses, have substantially altered the hydrology

Hydrology

Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth, and thus addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water resources....
of the river. As a result, both the magnitude and timing of water delivery to the estuary has been substantially altered. Recent programs by the state government have attempted to establish minimum flow levels in the river, in part to help restore the water supply to the Everglades. A federal wildlife refuge

Wildlife refuge

A wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally-occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected....
for manatee

Manatee

Manatees are large, fully aquatic marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. The name manat? comes from the Ta?no, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning "breast"....
s has been established at the mouth of the river on San Carlos Bay near Fort Myers.

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