4.2 Student media 12 Further reading, Briny Breezes Satellite imagery of the Miami Metropolitan Area, Perez Art Museum in Downtown Miami. Main article: Everglades National Park Wet season 34.5 inches (88 cm) 53.5 inches (136 cm) 23.4 inches (59 cm), Miami Florida Business directory The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the many barrier isles along the coast one of which is where well-known Miami Beach is located home to South Beach and the Art Deco district the Florida Keys which are also barrier islands are only accessible through Miami-Dade County but which are otherwise part of neighboring Monroe County Miami is seventy miles from West Palm Beach and thirty miles from Fort Lauderdale. 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. The free MIA Mover connects the airport with the Miami Intermodal Center where the car rental facility and bus terminal has relocated the MIC also houses the airport Metrorail station and Tri-Rail terminal; In the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections Barack Obama carried the state as a northern Democrat attracting high voter turnout especially among the young Independents and minority voters of whom Hispanics comprise an increasingly large proportion 2008 marked the first time since 1944 when Franklin D Roosevelt carried the state for the fourth time that Florida was carried by a Northern Democrat for president. . Restoration 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, False color map of ocean depth in the Atlantic basin, The Bahamas Bahamas In many cases it plays a crucial role It is truly impossible to gain an understanding of a culture's buying habits without first taking the time to understand the culture Examples of the benefit of understanding local culture include the following:. .
15 External links, Other settlements within Miami's city limits were Lemon City (now Little Haiti) and Coconut Grove Settlements outside the city limits were Biscayne in present-day Miami Shores and Cutler in present-day Palmetto Bay Many of the settlers were homesteaders attracted to the area by offers of 160 acres (0.6 km2) of free land by the United States federal government, West Park Miami and its suburbs are located on a broad plain between the Everglades to the west and Biscayne Bay to the east which extends from Lake Okeechobee southward to Florida Bay the elevation of the area never rises above 40 ft (12 m) and averages at around 6 ft (1.8 m) above sea level in most neighborhoods especially near the coast the highest points are found along the Miami Rock Ridge which lies under most of the eastern Miami metro the main portion of the city is on the shores of Biscayne Bay which contains several hundred natural and artificial barrier islands the largest of which contains Miami Beach and South Beach the Gulf Stream a warm ocean current runs northward just 15 miles (24 km) off the coast allowing the city's climate to stay warm and mild all year. Fort Dallas built in 1836 Airboating has become a popular ecotourism attraction in the Everglades Miami Florida Several countries have consulates based in Downtown most of which are located along Biscayne Boulevard and Brickell Avenue These include:.
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