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Place Name
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Oklawaha River
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Pronunciation
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ahk-lah-WAH-hah
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Oklawaha River
(ahk-lah-WAH-hah),
c.140 mi/225 km long, central and N central
Fla.; rises in extensive central Fla. lake system (with L. Apopka at
its upper end); flows N, receiving outlets of Silver Springs and Orange
L., then turns E, converging with St. Johns R. near Welaka. The upper
course, extremely tortuous, is dredged to Leesburg.
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