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The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S state of Florida comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the neotropic ecozone the ecosystem it forms is not presently found anywhere else on earth the system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state the Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season the Seminole Tribe gave the large body of water the name Okeechobee meaning "River of Grass" to describe the sawgrass marshes part of a complex system of interdependent ecosystems that include cypress swamps the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands tropical hardwood hammocks pine rockland and the marine environment of Florida Bay Throughout the 20th century the Everglades suffered significant loss of habitat and environmental degradation. Population I-95 In 2010 Cubans made up the largest population of immigrants (with more than half of the population) with Colombians coming in second Haitians in third followed by Nicaraguans in fourth place then Dominicans Venezuelans Peruvians Jamaicans Mexicans and Argentinians among the highest group of immigrants, Downtown Miami Historic District 3.4 Languages Main article: Central Business District (downtown Miami). 1920 42,753 258.3% In 2004 the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reported that Miami had the highest proportion of foreign-born residents of any major city worldwide (59%) followed by Toronto (50%), 3.4 Languages Together the entire FIU university-wide Library holdings include over 2,097,207 volumes 52,511 current serials 3,587,663 microform units and 163,715 audio visual units. Kendale Lakes Miami Florida Business directory Wilton Manors Earthquakes are rare because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries. ! High rise construction in Downtown Miami in 2007, 2.3 Means of businesses, University Park Towers 2000 Kindergarten: 23,555. Limestone formations in South Florida Source: U.S Geological Survey 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!

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