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===Indian River Tributarys=== | ===Indian River Tributarys=== | ||
Water bodies connected to the Indian River. Listed from north to south. | Water bodies connected to the Indian River. Listed from north to south. | ||
====Brevard County IRL Tributarys==== | <div style="width:80%; margin:0px 20px;"> | ||
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* [[Haulover Canal]] | * [[Haulover Canal]] | ||
* [[Gator Creek]] | * [[Gator Creek]] | ||
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* [[Trout Creek]] | * [[Trout Creek]] | ||
* [[Mullet Creek]] | * [[Mullet Creek]] | ||
====Indian River County IRL Tributarys==== | </div></div> | ||
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* [[St. Sebastian River]] | * [[St. Sebastian River]] | ||
* [[Sebastian Inlet]] | * [[Sebastian Inlet]] | ||
====Saint Lucie County IRL Tributarys==== | </div></div> | ||
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* [[Taylor Creek]] | * [[Taylor Creek]] | ||
* [[Ft. Pierce Inlet]] | * [[Ft. Pierce Inlet]] | ||
* [[Moore's Creek]] | * [[Moore's Creek]] | ||
====Martin County IRL Tributarys==== | </div></div> | ||
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* [[St. Lucie River]] | * [[St. Lucie River]] | ||
* [[St. Lucie Inlet]] | * [[St. Lucie Inlet]] | ||
====Palm Beach County IRL Tributarys==== | </div></div> | ||
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* [[Loxahatchee River]] | * [[Loxahatchee River]] | ||
* [[Jupiter Inlet]] | * [[Jupiter Inlet]] | ||
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===Indian River Causeways=== | ===Indian River Causeways=== | ||
There are eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges across the Indian River. | There are eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges across the Indian River. | ||
Revision as of 11:50, October 8, 2019
Indian River Lagoon (IRL)
The Indian River is a 121 mile long brackish lagoon spanning 5 counties on Florida's East Coast. The Indian River is the largest of 3 water bodies in the Indian River Lagoon Estuary system and is a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
Location
The northern terminus of the Indian River is in Volusia County's Oak Hill, it merges with the Banana River at Dragon's Point on the southern tip of Merritt Island, and then extends southward to meet Palm Beach County's Loxahatchee River with it's southern terminus at Jupiter Inlet.
Indian River Tributarys
Water bodies connected to the Indian River. Listed from north to south.
Indian River Causeways
There are eighteen earthen berm causeway bridges across the Indian River.
History
Spanish explorers originally named the lagoon Rio de Ais after the Ais Indian tribe who lived along the river.
Summer Smell
During the hot summer months the earthen berm causeways tend to impede the flow of [[algae) and rotting seagrass which results in an odor of hydrogen sulfide in some areas along the river.
