One of my biggest surprises when I came to south Florida,
Was that you could drive by Lake O and not even know it was there.
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This hydrograph shows water stage and water depth just north of Tamiami Trail |
That’s because the big levee blocks the view.
It’s just the opposite in the Everglades’s WCA3A.
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Airboating north in vicinity of the Site 65 hydrostation |
The levee gives you a great view.
It’s also what’s blocking the water to make it look like a big lake.