Several ecosystems are present in the Everglades and boundaries between them are subtle or absent the primary feature of the Everglades is the sawgrass marsh the iconic water and sawgrass combination in the shallow river 100 miles (160 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide that spans from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is often referred to as the "true Everglades" or just "the Glades" Prior to the first drainage attempts in 1905 the sheetflow occupied nearly a third of the lower Florida peninsula Sawgrass thrives in the slowly moving water but may die in unusually deep floods if oxygen is unable to reach its roots It is particularly vulnerable immediately after a fire the hydroperiod for the marsh is at least nine months and can last longer Where sawgrass grows densely few animals or other plants live although alligators choose these locations for nesting Where there is more room periphyton grows Periphyton supports larval insects and amphibians which in turn are consumed as food by birds fish and reptiles it also absorbs calcium from water which adds to the calcitic composition of the marl. .
. . NFL football player Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA ICAO: KMIA FAA LID: MIA) also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field is the primary airport serving the Miami area with over 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic and international destinations the airport is in an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County Florida 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Downtown Miami in metropolitan Miami adjacent to the cities of Miami and Miami Springs and the village of Virginia Gardens Nearby are the cities of Hialeah and Doral and the Census-designated place of Fontainebleau. . - General or operations managers ($95,000)*, University Park Background and history As of 2010 those of Asian ancestry accounted for 1.0% of Miami's population Of the city's total population 0.3% were Indian people/Indo-Caribbean American (1,206 people) 0.3% Chinese (1,804 people) 0.2% Filipino (647 people) 0.1% were other Asian (433 people) 0.1% Japanese (245 people) 0.1% Korean (213 people) and 0.0% were Vietnamese (125 people). 4 Transportation See also: Mariel boatlift Bayfront Park Amphitheatre Downtown Miami History Miami major league professional sports teams! Historic districts 13 See also PortMiami Knight Concert Hall.
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