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Lower Atlantic: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

Airline pilots call it Silver Dollar Lake because it is almost perfectly round. The ancient lake is thought to have been formed by a vast sinkhole. Florida features numerous mineral springs. Throughout history, people have claimed that these springs have healing qualities. Some of Florida’s waters are so clear that the bottoms can be observed at depths greater than 50 feet (15 m).

Marys, Suwannee, Perdido, and Apalachicola. The largest lakes are George in northern Florida and Okeechobee in the northern part of the Everglades. Lake Okeechobee encompasses approximately 700 square miles (1,813 sq km). It is the second-largest freshwater lake in the United States, after Lake Michigan. Kingsley Lake is a fascinating body of water in north-central Florida.

The Everglades is a large area of tropical wetlands in southern Florida.