In the 1870s the Challenger expedition discovered parts of what is now known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge or:, In Miami-Dade County and Broward County and areas nearby a unique dialect commonly called the "Miami dialect" is widely spoken the dialect developed among second- or third-generation Hispanics including Cuban-Americans whose first language was English (though some non-Hispanic white black and other races who were born and raised in Miami-Dade tend to adopt it as well.) It is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect Northern New Jersey English and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects and Florida Cracker dialect (see section below) "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed) However this is a native dialect of English not learner English or interlanguage; it is possible to differentiate this variety from an interlanguage spoken by second-language speakers in that "Miami accent" does not generally display the following features: there is no addition of /?/ before initial consonant clusters with /s/ speakers do not confuse of /d?/ with /j/ (e.g Yale with jail) and /r/ and /rr/ are pronounced as alveolar approximant [?] instead of alveolar tap [?] or alveolar trill [r] in Spanish, See also: List of radio stations in Florida. Toll Florida 878.svg State Road 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway), 13 See also Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest, Culture There are four major projects related to PortMiami which are all scheduled to be ready by 2014: the expansion of the Panama Canal the PortMiami Deep Dredge Project the PortMiami Tunnel and the restoration of the bridge and rail line connecting the PortMiami to the mainland. British surveyor John Gerard de Brahm who mapped the coast of Florida in 1773 called the area "River Glades" Both Marjory Stoneman Douglas and linguist Wallace McMullen suggest that cartographers substituted "Ever" for "River".[clarification needed] the name "Everglades" first appeared on a map in 1823 although it was also spelled as "Ever Glades" as late as 1851 the Seminole call it Pahokee meaning "Grassy Water." the region was labeled "Pa-hai-okee" on a U.S military map from 1839 although it had earlier been called "Ever Glades" throughout the Second Seminole War, White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) 72.6% 73.8% 75.0%, The Walk on Water race held annually by the School of Architecture. . . - Ph.D qualifier exams 1950 693,705 79.0% Golden Panthers fans at FIU Stadium See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights. .
6.2 Exploration Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport Miami-Dade 6.2 Police Department, See also: List of Florida locations by per capita income Florida's Turnpike Extension. Fire Rescue, Growth of urban areas, 1 Geography Orlando 22/9 23/11 26/13 28/16 31/19 33/22 33/23 33/23 32/23 29/19 26/15 23/11 Construction and expansion. . First Cuban wave Tri-Rail fare zone boundary 11 External links. Northwest 68th Avenue N/S SR 826 Palm Springs North Broward County line Palm Springs North, The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades. Southside Elementary School for Brickell children, In the North-West Atlantic landings have decreased from 4.2 million tons in the early 1970s to 1.9 million tons in 2013 During the 21st century some species have shown weak signs of recovery including Greenland halibut yellowtail flounder Atlantic halibut haddock spiny dogfish while other stocks shown no such signs including cod witch flounder and redfish Stocks of invertebrates in contrast remain at record levels of abundance 31% of stocks are overfished in the North-west Atlantic, The Graham Center FIU's student union Over 3.5 million people walk through the Graham Center every year making it the heart of student life at FIU.
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