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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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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 Oct. 18, 2022

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 7, 2022

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

From BBC Sep. 30, 2022

On Wednesday, she had fled her home along the swelling Caloosahatchee River, which runs nearby, in the hopes of finding safety farther inland at her sister’s house in a different neighborhood of Cape Coral.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2022

Mr. C. W. Crandall has a set of five eggs of this species, taken on the Caloosahatchee River, Fla., April 15, 1891, by S. B. Ladd.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

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