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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, 2.2% Italian North Miami 58,786 59,880 Miami-Dade, Tropical hardwood hammock Miami 399,457 362,470 Miami-Dade Mangrove and Coastal prairie. Further information: Miami-Dade Police Department, As of 2010 there were 158,317 households of which 14.0% were vacant 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them 31.3% were married couples living together 18.1% have a female head of household with no husband present and 43.1% were non-families 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older (4.0% male and 7.3% female.) the average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15, 2.1 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City Florida's many state parks and protected areas receive a lot of visitors as well with 25.2 million visitors visiting Florida State Parks in 2013. ! I-95 which spans 382 miles in Florida enters the state near Jacksonville and continues along the Atlantic Coast through Daytona Beach the Melbourne/Titusville Palm Bay Vero Beach Fort Pierce Port Saint Lucie Stuart West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale before terminating in Downtown Miami it has interchanges with I-10 in Jacksonville and I-4 in Daytona Beach and there are four auxiliary routes associated with the interstate It is the longest north-south interstate with a total length of 1924 miles and terminates at the Canadian border northeast of Houlton Maine.

10 Communities Downtown's largest and most popular parks are Bayfront Park Museum Park and Pace Park Bayfront Park is host to the free DWTWN Concert Series put on weekly in the park's amphitheater as well as various other annual events such as the Orange Drop for New Year's Bike Miami and the "America's Birthday Bash at Bayfront Park" for Independence Day Bayfront Park hosts many large outdoor concerts such as Warped Tour and Ultra Music Festival Formerly Bicentennial Park Museum Park has been redone and is now the site for new buildings for the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum, Crandon Park Main article: Transportation in Florida, Although the railroads lifted the embargo in May 1926 the boom nevertheless fizzled out Disaster then followed in the shape of the September 1926 Miami Hurricane which drove many developers into bankruptcy the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 continued the catastrophic downward economic trend and the Florida land boom was officially over as the Great Depression began the depression and the devastating arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly a year later destroyed both the tourist and citrus industries upon which Florida depended In a few years an idyllic tropical paradise had been transformed into a bleak humid remote area with few economic prospects Florida's economy would not recover until World War II Daytona International Speedway is home to various auto racing events. . 1880 269,493 43.5% The Castillo de San Marcos Originally white with red corners its design reflects the colors and shapes of the Cross of Burgundy and the subsequent Flag of Florida. In 1925 the Seaboard Air Line broke the FEC's southeast Florida monopoly and extended its freight and passenger service to West Palm Beach; two years later it extended passenger service to Miami, In addition many military schools supply stations and communications facilities were established in the area Rather than building large army bases to train the men needed to fight the war the Army and Navy came to South Florida and converted hotels to barracks movie theaters to classrooms and local beaches and golf courses to training grounds Overall over five hundred thousand enlisted men and fifty thousand officers were trained in South Florida After the end of the war many servicemen and women returned to Miami causing the population to rise to nearly half a million by 1950. Languages 3% After closing Bay Visa Housing to students and long-term leasing the facility to RCL for employee training FIU is developing BayView Student Housing on the BBC campus BBC's first on-campus new housing in 30+ years will house 408 students in a high rise overlooking Biscayne Bay.