Banana River
About Banana River
The Banana River is a 31-mile-long (50 km) lagoon that lies between the outer barrier islands and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and connects at its south end to the Indian River; it is the only part of the lagoon system not in the Intracoastal Waterway. It also has an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via a lock into Port Canaveral. The lagoon includes salt marshes, mangrove swamps, seagrass beds, drift algae, oyster bars, tidal flats, and spoil islands, providing habitats for many marine species. These are brackish waters mixed of salt and fresh water; waist deep with a soft bottom sand/grass. Commercial and recreational activities in the lagoon generate more than US$800 million annually for the local economy.
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If they're going to retrieve any of the booster rockets that land in the Banana River, which has apparently the largest refuge of manatees in America, they now use water jets as opposed to propellers so that they don't kill any of the wildlife.
from 8: No Such Thing As A Swear Word On The Moon, 2014-04-25 at 00:05:04 · read transcript
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Coordinates: 28.3061, -80.6475