Florida Geography Frawley

7.) This river begins where the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers flow into Lake Seminole on the Florida-Alabama-Georgia border. It flows south through the Florida Panhandle on the way to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico. It is also the boundary line between the Eastern and Central Time Zones. It is the _____ River.

Apalachicola

14.) This river flows west from Lake Okeechobee into the Gulf of Mexico. It serves as one of the waterways that drains the lake when water levels rise dangerously. It is the ____ River.

Caloosahatchee

11.)This landform juts out from Florida's East coast and is the home of Florida's Space Industry. It is _______ .

Cape Canaveral

9.) This large harbor on Florida's west coast is South of Tampa Bay. It is believed to be the area that Ponce de Leon received his mortal injury in a fight with natives on his second attempt of settle Florida. It is___ .

Charlotte Harbor

16.) Only 50 miles south of St. Augustine is , ________which claims to be the world's most famous beach. Thousands of high-school and college students spend Spring Break here every year. In fact, so many people visit this beach that cars are actually allowed to drive and park on the beach.

Daytona Beach

5.) The extensive swampy area that covers large portions of the southern part of Florida is known as the ___ National Park.

Everglades

3.) The ____are a string of 882 islands extending southwest from the southern tip of Florida.

Florida Keys

25.) This city is part of the megalopolis stretching along Florida's southeast coast, just North of Miami. It is _______

Fort Lauderdale.

24.) This city was the winter home of both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. It is located on the body of water identified in #14 It is _________ .

Fort Myers

21.) This city, named for the seventh president of the United States, straddles the St. John's River near the Atlantic Ocean. This is where French explorers built Fort Caroline in 1562 in an attempt to gain a foothold in Spanish Florida. Spanish soldiers executed most of the French settlers in 1565. This city is known today as ______.

Jacksonville

22.) This island city is located toward the western-most edge of the Florida Keys. It was an important strategic position for the Spanish Empire centuries ago, and is now world famous as a tropical paradise. This city is _____

Key West

13.) This body of water serves as the main watershed for Central Florida. It flows south from near Disney into Lake Okeechobee. It is the______River.

Kissimmee

2.) The largest freshwater lake in Florida, located northwest from Miami, is___ .

Lake Okeechobee

23.) In 1895, only a few hundred people lived in what was then a small fishing village named for the river that flowed through it. (That river is now a Canal that runs from Lake Okeechobee to Biscayne Bay.) With the addition of Henry Flagler's railroad, it soon became a thriving metropolis and tourist destination that has a large hispanic population. _______ is the center of Florida's most populated area.

Miami

19.)This Central Florida city was Florida's first tourist center, drawing guests to beautiful Silver Springs. It is known for its breed horses and it has a National forest named after it as well. It is ____ .

Ocala

15.) Located on the I-4 Corridor about 45 miles northeast of Polk County, _________is the unofficial capital of the Florida tourism industry. Home to many attractions, including Seaworld and Universal Studios, it is most well-known around the world for being in close proximity to the Kingdom of the Mouse.

Orlando

26.) The city of ______ is near the Florida-Alabama border. It is located on the largest bay in the Panhandle. Spanish explorers tried to settle this area in 1559, but were unsuccessful and then concentrated on Florida's east coast.

Pensacola

10.) This River makes up the Western border of Florida. It is the _______ River.

Perdido

20.) This is the oldest city in the United States. Settled by Spanish explorers in 1565 and located in the northeastern part of the state, it is 25 miles south from the mouth of the St. John's River. It is _____ .

St. Augustine

1.) The river that flows north from central Florida, past Sanford, and through Jacksonville on its way to the Atlantic Ocean is the ___

St. Johns River

12.) This river flows from Lake Okeechobee into the Atlantic Ocean. It serves as a canal and as a drain for the lake when water levels rise dangerously. It is the _______ River.

St. Lucie

4.) The river that forms part of Florida's northeastern border with Georgia is the ___.

St. Marys River.

6.) The river that flows southward from the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico, creating the border of the county of the same name, is the ___

Suwannee River.

17.) The state capital since the 1820's, this was once a large Seminole trading village. It is ________.

Tallahassee

18.) This city on Florida's largest gulf was a small village before Henry Plant built an extension of his railroad here in 1884. Vicente M. Ybor soon relocated his cigar business and most of his workers here, too. Now it is home to over a quarter-of-a-million people, making it the state's 3rd-most populated city. It is also home to some NFL Pirates. It is ____ .

Tampa

8.) Florida's largest Bay, ______ is located on the west coast.

Tampa Bay

27.) This city, named for the palm trees that grew along its shores, was the summer home of Henry Flagler, Railroad tycoon and Florida developer. It is on Florida's east coast, located directly east of Lake Okeechobee's southern border. It is_______ .

West Palm Beach