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Miami Intermodal Center Tropical hardwood hammock After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly. Race ethnicity religion and languages 5 Student enrollment Florida's Turnpike shield.svg Florida's Turnpike including Homestead Extension. Florida Reef Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay it comes closest to the surface around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah Most of the Miami metropolitan area obtains its drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer As a result of the aquifer it is not possible to dig more than 15 to 20 ft (5 to 6 m) beneath the city without hitting water which impedes underground construction though some underground parking garages exist for this reason the mass transit systems in and around Miami are elevated or at-grade, 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. Biological Sciences 218 In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents the Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada. .

1 History 1900 528,542 35.0% Florida's Constitution provides for six elected officials to oversee executive and administrative functions for each county (called "Constitutional Officers"): Sheriff Property Appraiser Supervisor of Elections Tax Collector Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller However the Constitution allows voters in home-rule counties (including Miami-Dade) to abolish the offices and reorganize them as subordinate County departments; Miami-Dade voters chose this option for Sheriff Supervisor of Elections Controller and Tax Collector the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court and the judicial offices of State Attorney and Public Defender are still branches of State government and are therefore independently elected and not part of County government.[citation needed]; . Old World 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! Seaports Florida's Turnpike Extension Homestead 60,512 31,909 Miami-Dade Natural hazards, 2.2% Italian In its 2018 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in the City of Miami was the 50th best park system among the 100 most populous US cities down slightly from 48th place in the 2017 ranking ParkScore ranks urban park systems by a formula that analyzes median park size park acres as percent of city area the percent of city residents within a half-mile of a park spending of park services per resident and the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents. ! 2010 399,457 10.2% High Point ??? ??O ??? ?FO On March 15 2018 a newly-constructed pedestrian bridge collapsed outside the university resulting in several fatalities, Gordon Day School (Jewish) Naranja Uneven limestone formations in an Everglades sawgrass prairie.