. In 2010 Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine, Country Walk 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; Miami Children's Museum Johnson and Wales University (private). Black or African American: 21.2% [1,288,585]. . Southside Elementary School for Brickell children Tampa 21/11 23/12 25/14 27/17 31/21 32/23 32/24 33/24 32/23 29/19 26/16 22/12. Predevelopment flow direction of water from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay Source: U.S Geological Survey, A cross section of fresh water ecosystems in the Everglades with relative average water depths, Miami 24/16 26/17 27/18 28/20 31/23 32/24 33/25 33/25 32/24 30/23 28/20 26/17 Central West Florida The Miami metropolitan area is served by five interstate highways operated by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in conjunction with local agencies Interstate 95 (I-95) runs north to south along the coast ending just south of Downtown Miami at South Dixie Highway (US 1) I-75 runs east to west turning south in western Broward County and connecting suburban north Miami-Dade to Naples on the Southwest Coast via Alligator Alley which transverses the Florida Everglades before turning north I-595 connects the Broward coast and downtown Fort Lauderdale to I-75 and Alligator Alley in Miami I-195 and I-395 relay the main I-95 route east to Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) and Miami Beach across Biscayne Bay via the Julia Tuttle and MacArthur causeways.
9 Environmental issues When the first Europeans visited in the mid-1500s the inhabitants of the Miami area were the Tequesta people who controlled an area covering much of southeastern Florida including what is now Miami-Dade County Broward County and the southern parts of Palm Beach County the Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did not practice any form of agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased but put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see the Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle. Miami FC became the first professional soccer team based in the city to win a national soccer title after winning the 2018 NPSL Championship.
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