Indian River: Difference between revisions
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
===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. | ||
<div style="width: | <div style="width:60%; margin:0px 20px; font-size:80%;font-weight: normal;"> | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> =====Brevard County IRL Tributarys===== | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
=====Brevard County IRL Tributarys===== | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | ||
* [[Haulover Canal]] | * [[Haulover Canal]] | ||
| Line 48: | Line 49: | ||
* [[Mullet Creek]] | * [[Mullet Creek]] | ||
</div></div> | </div></div> | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> =====Indian River County IRL Tributarys===== | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> | ||
=====Indian River County IRL Tributarys===== | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | <div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | ||
* [[St. Sebastian River]] | * [[St. Sebastian River]] | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 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.
Brevard County IRL Tributarys
Indian River County IRL Tributarys
Saint Lucie County IRL Tributarys
Martin County IRL Tributarys
Palm Beach County IRL Tributarys
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.
