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Lake Okeechobee
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach FL USA 33406
- Telephone Number: +1-561-686-8800
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Lake Okeechobee, (IPA: ) locally referred to as The Lake or The Big O is a freshwater lake in the US state of Florida. It is the second-largest freshwater lake wholly within the continental United States, second only to Lake Michigan and the largest in the southern United States.Muller, Peter O. Lake Okeechobee. World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. 12 Jan. 2008 Okeechobee covers 730 square miles (1,890km²), approximately half the size of the state of Rhode Island and is relatively shallow, with an average depth of only 9 feet (3 m). The lake is divided between Glades , Okeechobee , Martin , Palm Beach , and Hendry counties. Maps of Florida show that all five of these counties meet at a point near the center of the lake, making this point a tertiary quintipoint .[1]
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