Wekiva River
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The Wekiva River (sometimes spelled Wekiwa, Creek for spring of water[1]) is a 30 mile river starting in two separate fresh water springs in Central Florida and ending in the brackish St. Johns River. One springs is at Kelly Park otherwise known as Rock Springs and the other is Wekiwa Springs State Park. Both springs border the Lower Wekiva River Preserve State Park
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- ^ Simpson, J. Clarence (1956). in Mark F. Boyd: Florida Place-Names of Indian Derivation. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Geological Survey.
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