Caloosahatchee River, Florida (FL), United States

Facts & Statistics
Place Name	Caloosahatchee River
Pronunciation	kuh-loo-sah-HACH-ee
Place Status (Type)	river
Location	Florida, United States, North America
Latitude	unknown
Longitude	unknown

Caloosahatchee River (kuh-loo-sah-HACH-ee), c.75 mi/121 km long, S Fla.; rises in L. Hicpochee near Moore Haven; flows WSW past Fort Myers into Gulf of Mexico through San Carlos Bay (an inlet sheltered by Sanibel Isl.). Tidal below La Belle, river is c.1 mi/1.6 km wide in lower 20 mi/32 km. L. Hicpochee (c.4 mi/6.4 km long) is connected with L. Okeechobee (just NE) by short Caloosahatchee Canal, thus joining river to E part of Okeechobee Waterway system.