50 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY headwaters of the Hillsborough River to the Withlacoochee River and that the divergence may be related to uplift in the area. From the bridge on U. S. Highway 98, the Hillsborough River flows generally southwestward through Pasco and Hillsborough counties and empties into Hillsborough Bay 531/2 miles downstream. \\_ soI S40 a. T2Z __- - CUP us __ _ ---- -- from the short-term period, 198--62, to o/-ye-ar base period Si I i I 11 PERCENT OF TIME INDICATED DISCHARGE WAS EQUALED OR EXCEEDED Figure 15. Flow-duration curve for Big Creek near Clermont, 1931-62. .99