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Apalachicola Bay

Bay on Government Cut, Horseshoe Cove, New Inlet, Pilot Cove, Saint George Sound in Atlantic Coastal Plain, Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve on Saint George Island, Saint Vincent Island, Towhead Island in Eastpoint, FL

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Apalachicola Bay is an estuary and lagoon located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. George Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 208 square miles (540 km2). Four islands St. Vincent Island to the west, Cape St. George Island and St. George Island to the south, and Dog Island to the east separate the system from the Gulf of Mexico. Water exchange occurs through Indian Pass, West Pass, East Pass and the Duer Channel. The lagoon has been designated as a National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Apalachicola River is the largest source of freshwater to the estuary. Combined with the Chattahoochee River, Flint River, and Ochlockonee River they drain a watershed of over 20,000 square miles (50,000 km2)…

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