Malunga nesiqingatha sobukhulu beRhode Island kodwa, ngokomndilili, ziimitha ezilithoba kuphela ubunzulu, iLake Okeechobee lelona chibi likhulu lamanzi eFlorida kunye nelesibhozo ngobukhulu elizweni. Nangona inamagama amaninzi-uLwandle lwase-Inland, iBig O-Okeechobee igama elisemthethweni livela eHitchiti, indawo yemveli eyayihlala kuMlambo iChattahoochee de kwasekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19. Ngolwimi lwabo, Okeechobee kuthetha enkulu (chubi) kunye namanzi (oki).
Idibeneyo: Melika & apos; Eyona ndawo yokuHlala eLake
Iidolophu ezincinci, imihlaba yeorenji, amasimi ommoba, kunye neendlela zamanzi zihombisa iithambeka ezingqonge i-Herbert Hoover Dike eyi-35-foot-high, eyakhiwa malunga ne-Okeechobee ngo-1928 ukukhusela kwizikhukula. I-Okeechobee Waterway ye-152 yeemayile ithatha ichibi, kunye neFlorida uqobo, ivumela iinqanawa ukuba zinqumle, endaweni yokuhamba ngeenqanawa.
Namhlanje, i-Okeechobee luphawu olubalulekileyo olonwabisa abantu balapha kunye nabakhenkethi ngemisebenzi emininzi yolwandle njengokuloba, ukuhamba ngesikhephe kunye nokuhamba intaba.