St. Sebastian River
river in the United States of America
The Saint Sebastian River is a river located in the state of Florida, United States. It is a major tributary river draining northeast into the Indian River Lagoon northwest of the city of Sebastian. This river contributes around 16% of the total annual freshwater that enters the Indian River. The river lies in the southern part of the Indian River basin on the east coast of Florida. It is sourced from the South Prong St. Sebastian River Preserve where it flows for about 1.6 kilometers (1 mi). The main urban center is runs through is the city of Sebastian, Florida occupying approximately 9,000 acres of the 100,000 acres overall Sebastian River Watershed. The majority of the cities storm water run-off enter this river often being delivered by a system of canals, ditches and swales.
The river has long been recognized by several programs such as the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program and the Indian River Lagoon SWIM Program to be an important body of water that needs water quality rehabilitation and protection. The River has been designated a slow-speed zone due to the presence of the endangered West Indian Manatees.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “St. Sebastian River” as river in the United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as river in the United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7591671. VIAF identifies the subject as 315139082. Authority coordinates are 27.855, -80.491. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “St. Sebastian River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.