Floridan Aquifer

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aquifer groundwater system karst aquifer limestone aquifer

The Floridan Aquifer is one of the world’s most productive groundwater systems, a vast limestone aquifer underlying much of Florida and parts of neighboring states that supplies fresh water to millions of people and countless springs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Floridan Aquifer canonical 2
Floridan Aquifer springs system 1
Floridan Aquifer system 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aquifer ⓘ
groundwater system ⓘ
karst aquifer ⓘ
limestone aquifer ⓘ
characterizedBy conduits ⓘ
high permeability ⓘ
karst features ⓘ
solution cavities ⓘ
composedOf dolostone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
dischargesTo rivers ⓘ
springs ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
extendsUnder coastal Georgia ⓘ
most of the Florida Peninsula ⓘ
parts of the Florida Panhandle ⓘ
southeastern Alabama ⓘ
southern South Carolina ⓘ
hasPart Avon Park permeable zone ⓘ
Boulder Zone ⓘ
Floridan Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Floridan Aquifer

Floridan Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Floridan Aquifer
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
managedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
monitoredBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
notableFor being one of the most productive aquifers in the world ⓘ
large artesian pressure in many areas ⓘ
overlainBy intermediate confining unit ⓘ
surficial aquifer system ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system ⓘ
rechargedBy rainfall infiltration ⓘ
sinkholes ⓘ
swallets ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo domestic wells ⓘ
industrial users ⓘ
irrigation systems ⓘ
municipal water systems in Florida ⓘ
rivers and streams via spring discharge ⓘ
springs in Florida ⓘ
threatenedBy nitrate contamination ⓘ
overpumping ⓘ
saltwater intrusion ⓘ
surface pollution ⓘ
usedFor agricultural irrigation ⓘ
industrial processing ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
public water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ichetucknee Springs → waterSource → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
Ichetucknee Springs → partOf → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Floridan Aquifer springs system
Peacock Springs → partOf → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Floridan Aquifer system
Santa Fe River → partOf → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Floridan aquifer system region
Ichetucknee River → waterSource → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
Floridan Aquifer → hasPart → Floridan Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Floridan Aquifer
Floridan Aquifer → hasPart → Floridan Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Floridan Aquifer
Wakulla Springs → feeds → Floridan Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Floridan Aquifer system (discharge point)