The Little Wekiva River is a stream in Greater Orlando area of Florida in the United States. The 15-mile (24 km) long, northward flowing stream is a tributary of the Wekiva River, which later joins the St. Johns River, the longest river in the state of Florida. The Little Wekiva drainage basin is about 42 square miles (110 km²) located in the urbanized area north and west of Downtown Orlando.[1]

Little Wekiva River
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Location
Country	United States
State	Florida
Counties	Orange and Seminole
Cities	Orlando, Altamonte Springs, Longwood, Florida
City	Longwood, Florida
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Lawne
• location	Orlando, Florida
• coordinates	28°34′2″N 81°26′19″W
2nd source	Spring Lake
• location	Altamonte Springs, Florida
• coordinates	28°39′7″N 81°23′53″W
Mouth	Confluence with Wekiva River
• location	Longwood, Florida
• coordinates	28°45′20.5″N 81°24′58.2″W
Length	15 mi (24 km)
Basin size	42 sq mi (110 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Starbuck Spring Run
• right	Spring Lake Run, Sanlando Springs Run, Palm Springs Run, Ginger Ale Springs Run, Pegasus Springs Run
Progression : Little Wekiva River-Wekiva River- St. Johns River-Atlantic Ocean

As of 2021, much of the Little Wekiva River has silted up.[2]

Sources

Little Wekiva is part of the middle basin of the St. Johns River. The St. Johns River Water Management District place the headwater of the creek at Lake Lawne, about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of downtown Orlando.[1] The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), though, list the source of the river at Spring Lake, an 84-acre (34 ha) spring-fed lake in Altamonte Springs, Florida.[3][4]

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