The Indian River Lagoon barely trades with the sea
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Near an inlet, fading with miles by waterLagoon water, which the tide moves only near an inletSeawater in through the inletsFresh water from creeks and canals
Freshwater into the lagoon
About this dataYearly means for each water year (October through September), from USGS daily records, summed over the gauges in each group and only in years every one of them reports. Drainage canals: the Fellsmere Canal near Micco (02251767) and Vero Beach's North (02252500), Main (02253000), and South (02253500) canals. Creeks and rivers: the Eau Gallie River (02249007), Crane Creek (02249500), Turkey Creek (02250030), and the St. Sebastian River's North (02251500) and South (02251000) prongs. Plenty more water reaches the lagoon ungauged.