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The Myakka
River is
located in
southwestern
Florida.
It
arises near
the
Hardee-Manatee
county line
and flows
southwest and
then
southeast
through
Manatee,
Sarasota and
Charlotte
counties to
Charlotte
Harbor, an
arm of the
Gulf of
Mexico.
The
river is
68 miles
(109 km) long
and has a
drainage
basin of
235 square
miles (610 km2).
The last
twenty miles
(32 km) of
the river is
tidal and
brackish.
The Myakka
River remains
relatively
undeveloped.
A twelve-mile
(19 km)
stretch of
the river is
preserved in
Myakka River
State Park. A
thirty-four-mile
portion of
the river in
Sarasota
County
(including
all of the
park) was
designated as
a Wild and
Scenic River
in 1985 by
the Florida
Legislature.
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