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2021 Map of Whitewater Bay East

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Whitewater Bay East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Everglades National Park covers this landscape, where the transition from freshwater marsh to saltwater mangrove estuaries is defined by a complex network of rivers and bays. The hydrography of the region is centered around the Watson River and North River, which feed into the expansive waters of Whitewater Bay and Mud Bay. Unlike the interior glades, this coastal fringe is a maze of tidal channels such as Midway Pass and Roberts River, illustrating the fluid boundary between land and sea.

Waterborne transit is the primary means of navigating this area, as seen in the Wilderness Waterway and the Everglades Paddling Trl that wind through remote basins like Hells Bay and Lane Bay. The only named land features emerge as isolated landmarks, such as Wedge Point and the small outcropping of the Midway Keys, highlighting the specialized nature of settlement and survival in this subtropical environment.