The Green Swamp is a swamp in Florida . It lies west of Highway 27 and east of Interstate 75 in Polk , Lake , Sumter , Hernando and Pasco Counties. The headwaters of the Peace River , Withlacoochee River , Ocklawaha River , and Hillsborough River are located here.
5-578: Green Swamp may refer to: Green Swamp (Florida) , a swamp in Florida Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve , a preserve on Florida's Green Swamp Green Swamp (North Carolina) , a swamp in North Carolina Green Swamp, former name of the area of Inverell, New South Wales , Australia The Green Swamp , a 1916 silent film Topics referred to by
10-681: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Green Swamp (Florida) Some 110,000 acres of the swamp are managed as the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve by the Southwest Florida Water Management District . Divided into five management units: Colt Creek State Park — 5,067 acres; East Tract — 51,149 acres; Hampton Tract — 11,052 acres; Little Withlacoochee Tract — 4,446 acres; and West Tract — 37,350 acres. Nearly 36 miles of
15-638: The Withlacoochee River’s 110-mile length are protected as an Outstanding Florida Water within the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve. As a plateau above surrounding areas, the Green Swamp region is an important physiographic feature of Florida. Its 560,000 acres of wetlands, flatlands and low ridges are bounded by prominent sandy ridgelines. Rainwater drains across the surface to create the headwaters of four major rivers:
20-702: The Withlacoochee, the Ocklawaha, the Hillsborough and the Peace. Rainwater also percolates down through the soil to replenish the Floridan aquifer system, the primary source of drinking water for most Floridians. Because the Green Swamp region is elevated above outlying areas and the underground aquifer rises very close to the land surface, the region functions as the pressure head for the aquifer. Protecting
25-418: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Green Swamp . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_Swamp&oldid=490549540 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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