Okeechobee,Lake

Okeechobee,Lake
O·kee·cho·bee (ō'kĭ-chōʹbē), Lake
A lake of southeast Florida north of the Everglades. It is a link in the Okeechobee Waterway, or Cross-Florida Waterway, a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. The waterway is used by small commercial and pleasure craft.

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