Caloosahatchee

American  

[kuh-loo-suh-hach-ee] / kəˌlu səˈhætʃ i /

noun

1. a river in S Florida, flowing W to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers. 75 miles (121 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Her home, 600m from the Caloosahatchee River and at risk of storm surge, was in Evacuation Zone A - the category for the most at-risk areas.

From BBC

Water levels rose more than seven feet in the Caloosahatchee River that separates Cape Coral and Fort Myers, as measured some 20 miles inland from the gulf.

From Washington Post

Their neighborhood on the Caloosahatchee River was built in 1915 and had never flooded until now, Parker said.

From Seattle Times

Located on a spit of land between the Caloosahatchee and the Orange River, Orange Harbor had given many of its residents a life that they say they probably won’t be able to replicate elsewhere.

From Washington Post

At what was once a small marina on the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers, about 30 boats have been destroyed.

From BBC