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Table A-6. Volume of water storage in freshwater wetlands of
Collier County.


Wetland type

Cypress strands

Marshes (sloughs)

Swamp hammocks

Wet prairie

Dwarf cypress

Lake Trafford

Ponds

Deep sink holes


Areaa
acres

215,000

85,300

86,300

161,000

259,000

 1,490

122,000

 1.4


Average
 Depth
 ft

1.0 + 1.5b

 2.0

1.0 + 1.5b

 1.5

 1.5

 2.5c

 0.5 d

 32.3d


 Vol ume
 acre ft

 215,000 + 322,000

 171,000

 86,000 + 130,000

 242,000

 388,000

 3,730

 63,000

 45

Total 1,620,000


aArea of ponds was not subtracted from area of sloughs- and other
depressions as ponds embedded inthese larger depressions increases
their volume storage capacity.
b(l ft + 1.5 ft) if 1.5 ft depth covers dwarf cypress and wet prairie.
c5 ft/2 (Horel, 1969).
d.55 ft/3.
e32.3 ft/3.


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