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As with all vernacular regions South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources at different times a 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida That area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach counties) the Florida Keys included in Monroe county and the interior region known as the Glades Additionally Southwest Florida representing the state's southern Gulf Coast has emerged as a directional vernacular region Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than Southwest or Central Florida However the University of South Florida founded in 1956 is located in Tampa at that time prior to the changes quickly brought by the Florida Constitution of 1968 south Florida was much less important politically and the term was used more loosely Tampa is not usually considered part of south Florida. The Miami metropolitan area also includes several urban clusters (UCs) as of the 2000 Census which are not part of the Miami Urbanized Area These are the Belle Glade UC population 24,218 area 20,717,433 square meters and population density of 3027.6 per square mile; Key Biscayne UC population 10,513 area 4,924,214 square meters and population density of 5529.5 per square mile; Redland UC population 3,936 area 10,586,212 square meters and population density of 963.0 per square mile; and West Jupiter UC population 8,998 area 24,737,176 square meters and population density of 942.1 per square mile, Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis, CR 913 Crandon Boulevard Rickenbacker Causeway extension of SR 913. Further information: Florida State Highway System List of state roads in Florida and County roads in Florida. . BayView Student Housing (BBC Campus) Fall 2016 2.1.2 Top imports and exports in the world Miami-Dade County is only about 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora mostly in the Pleistocene. .

There were 800 federal corruption convictions from 1988 to 2007 more than any other state On 7 June 2006 Florida's wildlife commission voted to take the manatee off the state's endangered species list Some environmentalists worry that this could erode safeguards for the popular sea creature. 1.2 18th to 19th centuries: Early non-Spanish settlement. Downtown skyline circa 1930s with the Florida East Coast Railway passenger train station and the Dade County Courthouse in the foreground; The United States Postal Service operates two post offices in Downtown They are the Brickell Post Office and the Flagler Miami Post Office the Federal Detention Center Miami operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons is located in Downtown, There are three species of trees that are considered mangroves: red (Rhizophora mangle) black (Avicennia germinans) and white (Laguncularia racemosa) although all are from different families All grow in oxygen-poor soil can survive drastic water level changes and are tolerant of salt brackish and fresh water All three mangrove species are integral to coastline protection during severe storms Red mangroves have the farthest-reaching roots trapping sediments that help build coastlines after and between storms All three types of trees absorb the energy of waves and storm surges Everglades mangroves also serve as nurseries for crustaceans and fish and rookeries for birds the region supports Tortugas pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus duorarum) and stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) industries; between 80 and 90 percent of commercially harvested crustacean species in Florida's salt waters are born or spend time near the Everglades, Miami International Airport MIA Miami-Dade Large Hub.