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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 53,927 sq miles
(water) 11,761 sq miles
(TOTAL) 65,688 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
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Horizontal Width 361 miles from the Alabama border, straight east to Jacksonville Beach
Vertical Length 398 miles from the far-northeast Georgia border to the southern edge of the Everglades
Note: Maximum lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (2) Alabama, Georgia
Counties (67) map here! County (largest by population) Miami-Dade 2,253,362
Geographic Center about 13 miles NNW of Brooksville
 Highest Point Britton Hill, 345 feet
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft.
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation 103 ft.
Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms
The Florida peninsula is a diverse collection of islands, marshes, springs, swamps and hundreds of small lakes, rivers and ponds.
The land is divided into four main regions; the Gulf Coast/Atlantic Ocean coastal plains, the upland (hilly area) of the north and northwest, the swampy Everglades of the far south, and the Florida Keys.
The coastal plains generally consist of flat land, fronted by barrier islands, sandy beaches, coral reefs and sandbars. The low rolling-hills of the uplands area stretch across the Florida Panhandle. Here, the state's highest point, Britton Hill, rises to 345 ft.
The swampy Everglades (averaging about 8 ft. above sea level) is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This protected area is dissected by countless bays, channels and small lakes, and includes thousands of tiny islands. It is officially designated as an International Biosphere Reserve, World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Significance.
The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about 1,700 islands, extending southwest from the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Its largest inland body of water is Lake Okeechobee, a very shallow (only 20 foot deep) lake that drains into the Florida Everglades. Significant rivers include the Apalachicola, Caloosahatchee, Indian, Kissimmee, St Johns and Suwannee.
For a look at the mostly flat topography of Florida, view this map.
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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