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. The metropolitan areas of Miami Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are located on a rise in elevation along the eastern coast of Florida called the Eastern Coastal Ridge that was formed as waves compressed ooids into a single formation Along the western border of the Big Cypress Swamp is the Immokolee Ridge (or Immokolee Rise) a slight rise of compressed sand that divides the runoff between the Caloosahatchee River and the Big Cypress This slight rise in elevation on both sides of the Everglades creates a basin and forces water that overflows Lake Okeechobee to creep toward the southwest Under both the Miami Limestone formation and the Fort Thompson limestone lies the Biscayne Aquifer a surface aquifer that serves as the Miami metropolitan area's fresh water source Rainfall and stored water in the Everglades replenish the Biscayne Aquifer directly!

. I-75 which spans 470 miles in Florida enters the state near Lake City (45 miles (72 km) west of Jacksonville) and continues southward through Gainesville Ocala Tampa's eastern suburbs Bradenton Sarasota Fort Myers and Naples where it crosses the "Alligator Alley" as a toll road to Fort Lauderdale before turning southward and terminating in Hialeah/Miami Lakes having interchanges with I-10 in Lake City and I-4 in Tampa It is the second longest north south interstate with a total length of 1786 miles and terminates at the Canadian border at Sault Ste Marie Michigan. Licensing and franchising are two additional entry modes that are similar in operation Licensing allows a licensor to grant the rights to an intangible property to the licensee for a specified period of time for a royalty fee Franchising on the other hand is a specialized form of licensing in which the "franchisor" sells the intangible property to the franchisee and also requires the franchisee operate as dictated by the franchisor. Cypress swamps can be found throughout the Everglades but the largest covers most of Collier County the Big Cypress Swamp is located to the west of the sawgrass prairies and sloughs and it is commonly called "The Big Cypress." the name refers to its area rather than the height or diameter of the trees; at its most conservative estimate the swamp measures 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) but the hydrologic boundary of the Big Cypress can be calculated at over 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) Most of the Big Cypress sits atop a bedrock covered by a thinner layer of limestone the limestone underneath the Big Cypress contains quartz which creates sandy soil that hosts a variety of vegetation different from what is found in other areas of the Everglades the basin for the Big Cypress receives on average 55 inches (140 cm) of water in the wet season, Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades.