The Banana River is actually a lagoon that lies between Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island in Brevard County, Florida in the USA. It is part of the Indian River Lagoon system, and flows to the south into 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. A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature. ... Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Merritt Island is: An island (strictly, part of a peninsula) in Brevard County, Florida, on Floridas Atlantic coast a town located on the island Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, also located on the island The island Merritt Island is not strictly an island at all, but part of a... Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ... The Indian River Lagoon is a series of lagoons and inlets making up a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the U.S. state of Florida. ... The Indian River is a waterway in Florida, a part of the Indian River Lagoon system. ... Categories: Stub ... Canal locks in England. ...
The refuge includes almost all of the northern BananaRiver north of State Road 528, Banana Creek, Canaveral National Seashore and the southern Mosquito Lagoon extending into Volusia County to the north.
Composition of the seagrass community in this portion of the BananaRiver shifts with extended periods of dry and wet weather, where widgeon grass dominates during periods of wet weather (lower salinity conditions) and the other seagrasses dominate during periods of dry weather (higher salinity conditions).
The northern BananaRiver is a part of the lands owned in fee title by NASA and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under a Memorandum of Understanding executed June 2, 1972.
The lagoon system is composed of three interconnected water bodies, Mosquito Lagoon to the north, Indian River to the west and BananaRiver to the east of Merritt Island.
Mosquito Lagoon and the Indian River are connected by the man-made Haulover Canal and the Intercoastal Waterway.
The BananaRiver site is centrally located providing data relevant to potential effects of the surrounding industrial areas as well as providing data specific to the natural temperature and salinity conditions effecting the flora and fauna.
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