Main article: Geography of Florida 1968 30.9% 676,794 40.5% 886,804 Downtown/Inner Loop Airports 1.2 Presidents The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River a meandering 90-mile (140 km)-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture the C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately Waterfowl wading birds and fish disappeared prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971 in general C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences costing billions of dollars with no end in sight After Governor Bob Graham initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983 the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986 Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state the Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992 It is estimated that it will cost $578 million to convert only 22 miles (35 km) of the canal the entire project was to be complete by 2011 yet as of 2017 the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year The Everglades hosts 1,392 exotic plant species actively reproducing in the region outnumbering the 1,301 species considered native to South Florida the melaleuca tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) takes water in greater amounts than other trees Melaleucas grow taller and more densely in the Everglades than in their native Australia making them unsuitable as nesting areas for birds with wide wingspans They also choke out native vegetation More than $2 million has been spent on keeping them out of Everglades National Park, 2000 48.8% 2,912,253 48.9% 2,912,790 Business top 200-300 The American Airlines Arena home of the Miami Heat! ; . North Atlantic hurricane activity has increased over past decades because of increased sea surface temperature (SST) at tropical latitudes changes that can be attributed to either the natural Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) or to anthropogenic climate change a 2005 report indicated that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) slowed down by 30% between 1957 and 2004 If the AMO were responsible for SST variability the AMOC would have increased in strength which is apparently not the case Furthermore it is clear from statistical analyses of annual tropical cyclones that these changes do not display multidecadal cyclicity Therefore these changes in SST must be caused by human activities, 1850 159 -64.3% 4.1.1 Notes On April 22 1895 Flagler wrote Tuttle a long letter recapping her offer of land to him in exchange for extending his railroad to Miami laying out a city and building a hotel the terms provided that Tuttle would award Flagler a 100-acre (0.4 km2) tract of land for the city to grow Around the same time Flagler wrote a similar letter to William and Mary Brickell who had also verbally agreed to give land during his visit, North Perry Airport HWO KHWO Broward 2.3.1 Graduate admissions 4 Culture Concourse G is the only one of the original 1959 concourses that has largely remained in its original state save for the modifications the rest of the airport received in the mid-1960s and an extension in the early 1970s It is the only concourse at the airport incapable of handling international arrivals the airport authority plans to maintain the concourse until 2025. 1.4 Hurricanes In 1992 Florida was the site of what was then the costliest weather disaster in U.S history Hurricane Andrew which caused more than $25 billion in damages when it struck during August; it held that distinction until 2005 when Hurricane Katrina surpassed it and it has since been surpassed by six other hurricanes Andrew is currently the second costliest hurricane in Florida's history. Colleges and universities The earliest evidence of Native American settlement in the Miami region came from about 10,000 years ago the region was filled with pine hardwood forests and was home to plenty of deer bear and wild fowl These first inhabitants settled on the banks of the Miami River with their main villages on the northern banks These early Native Americans created a variety of weapons and tools from shells. 3 Wildlife and preservation, Miami is the twelfth largest radio market and the seventeenth largest television market in the United States Television stations serving the Miami area include WAMI (UniMas) WBFS (My Network TV) WSFL (The CW) WFOR (CBS) WHFT (TBN) WLTV (Univision) WPLG (ABC) WPXM (Ion) WSCV (Telemundo) WSVN (Fox) WTVJ (NBC) WPBT (PBS) and WLRN (also PBS), North Perry Airport HWO KHWO Broward.
Besides Flagler Street Downtown has two other major shopping areas Bayside Marketplace and Mary Brickell Village in Brickell Bayside Marketplace was built in 1987 and is one of Miami's most visited tourist attractions averaging over 15 million visitors a year it is an outdoor shopping mall overlooking Biscayne Bay at Bayfront Park Bayside Marketplace has many national retail chains as well as local Miami stores Mary Brickell Village is on Miami Avenue and SE 10th Street in Brickell Mary Brickell Village is a major nightlife area and has many of Miami's upscale bars and restaurants that stretch along Miami Avenue from around SE 6th Street to Broadway (SE 15th Road). Student life Student Advisor to the School Board Seaports Downtown children are zoned based on the neighborhood they live in within Downtown roughly split into Brickell Central Business District (CBD) and Arts & Entertainment District/Edgewater. . FDOT Map of Miami-Dade County Florida, Miami Ad School (private), University rankings Coral Terrace. The new Park enjoyed instant popularity For a time county government honored the "separate but equal" status of Virginia Key Beach with its white counterpart Crandon Park on Key Biscayne the original temporary buildings were replaced by permanent construction a miniature railroad carried beachgoers around the park and a seaside merry-go-round whirled riders of all ages Still Crandon Park was over 800 acres (3.2 km2) with two miles (3 km) of beachfront and Virginia Key 82 acres (330,000 m2) with a half-mile of beach.
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