Each freshwater spring in Florida has its own springshed, an area of land near the spring that supplies water to that spring from surface water, groundwater and/or the Floridan Aquifer.
The Ichetucknee Springshed includes areas as far away
Each freshwater spring in Florida has its own springshed, an area of land near the spring that supplies water to that spring from surface water, groundwater and/or the Floridan Aquifer.
The Ichetucknee Springshed includes areas as far away as Baker County, Lake City and Alligator Lake, headwaters of the ancient Ichetucknee Trace (see Science). Water flows from these areas into Ichetucknee Springs from surface runoff in creeks and through swallets and sinkholes into the underground aquifer. Dye trace studies have shown that there are direct underground water routes between area sinkholes and