Question

1. The St. Lucie River drains Lake Okeechobee into the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the relationship among the parts of this system?

Answer 1

The St Lucie canal serves as an outlet of drainage for the Okeechobee Lake through the St Lucie River and out to the Atlantic Ocean.

Step-by-step explanation:

The St. Lucie River is an estuary in Florida, in the United States. It was basically a freshwater system before an inlet was dug to provide access directly to the Atlantic Ocean.

Lake Okeechobee is the second largest freshwater lake in the United States. Water flows into the lake from various sources with Kissimmee River being the major source.

Because of the high levels of water in Lake Okeechobee, the St. Lucie canal was constructed in the 1920s. The St. Lucie canal provides a good outlet from the Okeechobee lake, through the St. Lucie River and out to the Atlantic Ocean.