. ; 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; . Class of 1983 University Park, Florida's Turnpike shield.svg Florida's Turnpike including Homestead Extension, 14 Plantation Broward 82,934 84,955 94,288 +10.99% 6.1 Central Atlantic 6 Mount Sinai Medical Center 3,321 Rickenbacker Causeway Brickell and Key Biscayne 1947. . .
. Five geologic formations form the surface of the southern portion of Florida: the Tamiami Formation Caloosahatchee Formation Anastasia Formation Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Tamiami Formation is a compression of highly permeable light colored fossiliferous sands and pockets of quartz 150 feet (46 m) thick It is named for the Tamiami Trail that follows the upper bedrock of the Big Cypress Swamp and underlies the southern portion of the Everglades Between the Tamiami Formation and Lake Okeechobee is the Caloosahatchee Formation named for the river over it Much less permeable this formation is highly calcitic and is composed of sandy shell marl clay and sand Water underneath the Caloosahatchee Formation is typically very mineralized Both the Tamiami and Caloosahatchee Formations developed during the Pliocene Epoch. Barry University's main campus is in Miami Shores Florida While the main campus is in Miami Shores Barry University offers several continuing adult education classes at other locations in Florida Barry University has a campus in Orlando containing the Dwayne O Andreas School of Law and a campus in Saint Petersburg that has the second branch of its Physician Assistant Program.[citation needed] Barry University also has a campus on the island of St Croix where a third branch of its Physician Assistant Program is located.[citation needed], The area from Orlando to the tip of the Florida peninsula was at one point a single drainage unit When rainfall exceeded the capacity of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River floodplain it spilled over and flowed in a southwestern direction to empty into Florida Bay Prior to urban and agricultural development in Florida the Everglades began at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee and flowed for approximately 100 miles (160 km) emptying into the Gulf of Mexico the limestone shelf is wide and slightly angled instead of having a narrow deep channel characteristic of most rivers the vertical gradient from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) per mile creating an almost 60-mile (97 km) wide expanse of river that travels about half a mile (0.8 km) a day This slow movement of a broad shallow river is known as sheetflow and gives the Everglades its nickname River of Grass Water leaving Lake Okeechobee may require months or years to reach its final destination Florida Bay the sheetflow travels so slowly that water is typically stored from one wet season to the next in the porous limestone substrate the ebb and flow of water has shaped the land and every ecosystem in South Florida throughout the Everglades' estimated 5,000 years of existence the motion of water defines plant communities and how animals adapt to their habitats and food sources, Some Spanish married or had unions with Pensacola Creek or African women both slave and free and their descendants created a mixed-race population of mestizos and mulattos the Spanish encouraged slaves from the southern British colonies to come to Florida as a refuge promising freedom in exchange for conversion to Catholicism King Charles II of Spain issued a royal proclamation freeing all slaves who fled to Spanish Florida and accepted conversion and baptism Most went to the area around St Augustine but escaped slaves also reached Pensacola St Augustine had mustered an all-black militia unit defending Spain as early as 1683. 3 Bathymetry Period Mean Maximum Minimum Drainage See also: Climate of Miami. Areas with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, Occupation Income and Industries Languages Boca Raton The increasing population in towns near the Everglades hunted in the area Raccoons and otters were the most widely hunted for their skins Hunting often went unchecked; in one trip a Lake Okeechobee hunter killed 250 alligators and 172 otters Water birds were a particular target of plume hunting Bird feathers were used in women's hats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 2.3 Rock The average apartment sale price was $347,729 in 2010 up 15% from 2009 with the average apartment price at $300 per square foot During the Miami building boom of the first decade of the 21st century 23,628 condominium and apartments were built in numerous high-rise towers that quickly transformed the city Over 85% of these apartments are now occupied as of early 2011 It is estimated that about 550 new residents move to Downtown every month Renters make up 56% of the residents in Downtown, By the early 1800s Indian removal was a significant issue throughout the southeastern U.S. and also in Florida in 1830 the U.S Congress passed the Indian Removal Act and as settlement increased pressure grew on the U.S government to remove the Indians from Florida Seminoles offered sanctuary to blacks and these became known as the Black Seminoles and clashes between whites and Indians grew with the influx of new settlers in 1832 the Treaty of Payne's Landing promised to the Seminoles lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida Many Seminole left at this time.
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