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View of the Indian River at Saint Lucie Village
Indian River at St. Lucie Village

Indian River (Rio de Ais) is a 121 mile long brackish water lagoon spanning five counties on Florida's East Coast. Indian River is the largest of the three lagoonal basins in the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary watershed.

The Indian River's brackish water is a confluence of four Atlantic Ocean saltwater inlets (Sebastian, Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie and Jupiter), four freshwater rivers (Eau Gallie, Sebastian, Saint Lucie, and Loxahatchee), and numerous feeder creeks.

Location

Indian River lagoon's northern boundary is Brevard County's Scottsmoor at Turnbull Creek. The lagoon merges with the Banana River lagoon at the southern tip of Merritt Island, and then ranges southward to Palm Beach County's Loxahatchee River and Jupiter Inlet.

Coordinates: 28°04'46.1"N, 80°35'16.9"W GIS:28.079483,-80.588031

Water Body

Indian River Tributaries

Bridge List

Indian River Bridges

Odor

Indian River's earthen berm causeways tend to impede the flow of algae and rotting seagrass which results in an odor of hydrogen sulfide (ie: rotten eggs) during Florida's hot summer months.

In this video, Dr. Duane DeFreese of the IRC Council explains why the Indian River occasionally smells bad.

Why does the Indian River Smell?

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