Florida Geography Facts
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| The largest lake in the state of Florida | Lake Okeechobee
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| The body of water to the south of the Florida peninsula. It separates Florida from Cuba. | Straits of Florida
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| The dominant land feature in southern Florida. Also called the “River of Grass" | Everglades
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| This river flows through the middle of the state and empties into Lake Okeechobee | Kissimmee River
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| One of only two rivers in the US that flows north | St. John’s River
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| The body of water adjacent to the city of Miami | Biscayne Bay
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| The state immediately north of Florida | Georgia
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| The state that borders Florida to the northwest | Alabama
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| A body of land with water on three sides | peninsula
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| The most common rock in Florida, it underlies most of the state. | limestone
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| The mythical spring sought by early European explorers. Said to grant long life to anyone who drank from it. | Fountain of Youth
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| The first European explorer to visit Florida. He gave the state its name. | Juan Ponce de Leon
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| The meaning of “La Florida” in Spanish | flowered land
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| The year that Europeans visited Florida for the first time | 1513
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| The body of water to the west of the Florida peninsula | Gulf of Mexico
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| The body of water to the east of the Florida peninsula | Atlantic Ocean
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| Capital of Florida | Tallahassee
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| The location of the Kennedy Space Center | Cape Canaveral
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| The year Florida was designated as one of the states in the United States | 1845
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| The year the first permanent European settlement was established in Florida | 1565
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| First university in Florida | Stetson University
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| The largest segment of the state’s economy | tourism
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| Florida state bird | mockingbird
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| Florida state mammal | Florida panther
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| Florida state marine mammal | manatee
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| Florida state tree | Palmetto palm
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| Florida's Saltwater marine mammal | Bottlenose doplhin
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