Little Wekiva River

Little Wekiva River
Stream
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Orange and Seminole
Cities	Orlando, Altamonte Springs, Longwood, Florida

Tributaries
- left	Starbuck Spring Run
- right	Spring Lake Run, Sanlando Springs Run, Palm Springs Run, Ginger Ale Springs Run, Pegasus Springs Run
City	Longwood, Florida


Primary source	Lake Lawne
- location	Orlando, Florida
- coordinates	28°34′2″N 81°26′19″W / 28.56722°N 81.43861°W / 28.56722; -81.43861
Secondary source	Spring Lake
- location	Altamonte Springs, Florida
- coordinates	28°39′7″N 81°23′53″W / 28.65194°N 81.39806°W / 28.65194; -81.39806
Mouth	Confluence with Wekiva River
- location	Longwood, Florida
- coordinates	28°45′20.5″N 81°24′58.2″W / 28.755694°N 81.416167°W / 28.755694; -81.416167Coordinates: 28°45′20.5″N 81°24′58.2″W / 28.755694°N 81.416167°W / 28.755694; -81.416167

Length	15 mi (24 km)
Basin	42 sq mi (109 km²)

Location in Florida
Progression : Little Wekiva River-Wekiva River- St. Johns River-Atlantic Ocean

The Little Wekiva River is a stream in Greater Orlando area of Florida in the United States. The 15-mile (24 km) long, northward flowing stream is a tributary of the Wekiva River, which later joins the St. Johns River, the longest river in the state of Florida. The Little Wekiva drainage basin is about 42 square miles (110 km²) located in the urbanized area north and west of Downtown Orlando.^[1]

Sources

Little Wekiva is part of the middle basin of the St. Johns River. The St. Johns River Water Management District place the headwater of the creek at Lake Lawne, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of downtown Orlando.^[1] The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), though, list the source of the river at Spring Lake, an 84-acre (34 ha) spring-fed lake in Altamonte Springs, Florida.^[2]^[3]

References

1 2 "Little Wekiva River". St. Johns River Water Management District. Retrieved on 2013-04-22.
↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Little Wekiva River". USGS Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved on 2013-04-25.
↑ (2000-06-06). "Spring Lake (Altamonte Springs)". Seminole County WaterAtlas. Retrieved on 2013-04-25.

Significant waterways of Florida

Larger rivers	Alapaha Apalachicola Aucilla Blackwater Caloosahatchee Chattahoochee Chipola Choctawhatchee Econlockhatchee Escambia Hillsborough Indian River Kissimmee Myakka Ochlockonee Ocklawaha Pea Peace Perdido Santa Fe St. Johns St. Marys Suwannee Withlacoochee (North) Withlacoochee (South) Yellow

Lakes	Apopka Crescent Blue Cypress East Tohopekaliga George Harney Harris Iamonia Istokpoga Jackson Jesup Kissimmee Miccosukee Monroe Okeechobee Poinsett Rodman Rousseau Seminole Talquin Tohopekaliga Tsala Apopka Washington Weir

Smaller rivers	Alafia Alapahoochee Anclote Banana River Braden Carrabelle Chassahowitzka Crooked Crystal Dead East East Bay Eau Gallie Econfina Estero Homosassa Hontoon Dead Ichetucknee Imperial Little (Biscayne Bay) Little (Ochlockonee) Little Econlockhatchee Little Manatee Little Wekiva Loxahatchee Manatee Matanzas Miami Mosquito Lagoon New (Broward) New (Carabelle) New (Santa Fe) Oleta Orange Pithlachascotee Rainbow Ribault Shark Silver Sopchoppy St. Lucie St. Marks St. Sebastian Steinhatchee Tomoka Trout Waccasassa Wacissa Wakulla Weeki Wachee Wekiva

Creeks and streams	Billy Black Blackwater (Hillsborough) Blackwater (Lake) Crane Cross Econfina Fisheating Myakkahatchee Orange Pottsburg Shingle Snapper Turkey

Canals	Canaveral Barge Canal Cross Florida Barge Canal Haulover Canal Hillsboro Canal Miami Canal Mud Lake Canal St. Johns-Indian River Barge Canal Tamiami Canal Tampa Bypass Canal

See also	Coastal waters of Florida Everglades Intracoastal Waterway Indian River Lagoon List of Florida rivers List of major springs in Florida Okeechobee Waterway Okefenokee Swamp Outstanding Florida Waters Paynes Prairie

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