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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southern Florida, about 120 km (75 mi) long, flowing west from south-central Florida to the Gulf of Mexico. It is connected to Lake Okeechobee by a canal and forms the western part of a cross-state waterway.
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Examples
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What you see behind me is the beach here, Fort Myers Beach, about -- it's about 10 miles southwest of the city itself down the Caloosahatchee River, which is the big river that dumps out of the Lake Okeechobee.
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In this 2005 image, the clear waters of the Caloosahatchee River are a stark contrast to the blue-green algae bloom in the canals of Cape Coral.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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An earth shattering, expensive study linked nutrient pollution in the Caloosahatchee River to excessive seaweed growth in the Gulf of Mexico — what a shock!
Manatee Mortality Data, Disaster Engineering and Thoughts on Depopulation 2008
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But the Caloosahatchee River as you mentioned that pretty much rides just to eh north of Ft Myers (INAUDIBLE), that is a really wide river.
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And then I went to Florida, where he had his major winter estate, which is in Ft. Myers on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida.
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The description I have given refers to that part of the State of Florida lying south of the Caloosahatchee River.
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The view from the porch of Edison's Seminole Lodge guest house - and the occasional welcoming breeze - was enough to inspire poetry from Harnie Monkhouse, a guest at the lodge on the Caloosahatchee River in 1916:
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The hotel known for its modern flare with a rooftop swimming pool overlooking the Caloosahatchee River is downing in debt.
WBBH - News 2010
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Identification of these acres was based on a Florida Panther Recovery Plan that identified three areas needed for protection: a "primary zone" where panthers currently live and reproduce, a "secondary zone" of adjoining areas that panthers sometimes roam, and a "dispersal zone" consisting of a narrow travel corridor between developments where panthers traverse the Caloosahatchee River to reach more distant areas and potentially set up homes.
YubaNet.com 2010
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STUART - Heavy rains that pounded Florida Monday are degrading the water quality in Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie River and Caloosahatchee River estuaries, water managers said Tuesday.
tcpalm.com Stories Ed Killer 2010
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