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4 Culture Extended systems of underwater caves sinkholes and springs are found throughout the state and supply most of the water used by residents the limestone is topped with sandy soils deposited as ancient beaches over millions of years as global sea levels rose and fell During the last glacial period lower sea levels and a drier climate revealed a much wider peninsula largely savanna While there are sinkholes in much of the state modern sinkholes have tended to be in West-Central Florida Everglades National Park covers 1,509,000 acres (6,110 km2) throughout Dade Monroe and Collier counties in Florida.[citation needed] the Everglades an enormously wide slow-flowing river encompasses the southern tip of the peninsula Sinkhole damage claims on property in the state exceeded a total of $2 billion from 2006 through 2010 Winter Park Sinkhole in central Florida appeared May 8 1981 it was approximately 350 feet (107 m) wide and 75 feet (23 m) deep it was notable as one of the largest recent sinkholes to form in the United States It is now known as Lake Rose the Econlockhatchee River (Econ River for short) is an 87.7-kilometer-long (54.5 mi) north-flowing blackwater tributary of the St Johns River the longest river in the U.S state of Florida the Econ River flows through Osceola Orange and Seminole counties in Central Florida just east of the Orlando Metropolitan Area (east of State Road 417) it is a designated Outstanding Florida Waters. . . A cross section of fresh water ecosystems in the Everglades with relative average water depths, 2.5 Miami Jewelry District SR 953 Le Jeune Roa ). ; See also: Architecture of Miami and Architecture of Jacksonville.

! . The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed. A series of biennial reports from the U.S National Research Council have reviewed the progress of CERP the fourth report in the series released in 2012 found that little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery the report noted that to reverse ongoing ecosystem declines it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem to better understand the potential implications of the current slow pace of progress the report assessed the current status of ten Everglades ecosystem attributes including phosphorus loads peat depth and populations of snail kites birds of prey that are endangered in South Florida Most attributes received grades ranging from C (degraded) to D (significantly degraded) but the snail kite received a grade of F (near irreversible damage) the report also assessed the future trajectory of each ecosystem attribute under three restoration scenarios: improved water quality improved hydrology and improvements to both water quality and hydrology which helped highlight the urgency of restoration actions to benefit a wide range of ecosystem attributes and demonstrate the cost of inaction Overall the report concluded that substantial near-term progress to address both water quality and hydrology in the central Everglades is needed to reverse ongoing degradation before it is too late. . 1.1 Beginnings Geography Shuttered for two decades Virginia Key Beach was eroded by storms its buildings damaged and vandalized and park lands invaded by exotic plants and animals Beset by declining revenues some City officials began to speculate over schemes to sell off the development rights on Virginia Key as plans leaked a local coalition formed among Miami's grassroots activists protesting any commercial development and asking for a complete restoration and re-opening of Miami's largest park and only public park on the Atlantic Ocean the leadership at City Hall appointed an official community-based civil rights task force to provide a public forum for the park's future.