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Lake Okeechobee is a shallow lake, with an average depth of only 3 metres (9.8 ft), [31] and has a fetch of 54 kilometres (34 mi). [32] In total, the lake has a surface area of 1,730 square kilometres (670 sq mi). [33] The lake is normally mixed, but on days with direct sunlight and limited wind, the lake can exhibit diurnal thermal stratification.
Lochloosa Lake is a lake about 5,700 acres (2,300 ha) [1] in area in Alachua County, Florida, near Hawthorne, and is up to 10 feet (3.0 m) deep. [2] It is drained by Cross Creek into Orange Lake . It is largely surrounded by the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area and is a Fish Management Area.
The name of Lake Welaka is taken from "Welaka" (meaning "chain of lakes"), the name for the St. Johns River in Muskogee language of the Seminole. [2] The first European to visit the lake was Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, who as the Spanish governor of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in the spring of 1596.
Kingsley Lake is an almost perfectly circular lake of about 2,000 acres (810 ha) in North East Florida, located inside Clay County about six miles (9.7 km) east of Starke, Florida. According to some sources, it is the oldest and highest lake in Florida, [ 3 ] located on the edge of the Trail Ridge formation.
Lake Seminole is a freshwater lake in urban Pinellas County in the U.S. state of Florida. The lake is located in the city of Seminole , about 20 miles (32 km) west of Tampa . Lake Seminole is the second largest lake in Pinellas County (after Lake Tarpon ), with a surface area of 700 acres (2.8 km 2 ).
Deep Lake is a natural sinkhole in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. This 90-foot-deep naturally occurring sinkhole lake is the deepest lake south of Lake Okeechobee, and one of the deepest in the entire state. It is the namesake of the community built around it, Deep Lake, Florida.
Lake Bonny, (sometimes spelled Lake Bonnie) is a lake in Polk County, Florida, in the United States. [1] It has a surface area of 249 acres (101 hectares), a mean depth of 3 feet (0.91 m) and a maximum depth of 11 feet (3.4 m). The lake is a part of the Peace River - Saddle Creek Watershed. [2]
Lake Kissimmee is a lake located about 15 mi (24 km) east of Lake Wales, Florida, USA. The lake is almost entirely in Osceola County , but the western shore, and a small part of the lake, is in Polk County .