List of rivers of Florida

With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the Coastal plain.

Most streams and rivers in Florida start from swamps, while some originate from springs or lakes.

[2] (Various sources stating that water entering the Alachua Sink flows to the Santa Fe River may be based on a story told by a Seminole guide to a white explorer in 1823, that a Seminole who had drowned in the sink was later found in the river.

[3]) In 1927, Camps Canal was built, which linked the basin to the Orange Lake through the River Styx and ultimately to the Atlantic Ocean.

The major input of water into Lake Okeechobee comes from the north, via the Kissimmee River.