. . . 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. Environmental risk Tamiami (25.7) 82.0 Cities are the "lower tier" of local government providing police and fire protection zoning and code enforcement and other typical city services within their jurisdiction These services are paid for by city taxes the County is the "upper tier" and it provides services of a metropolitan nature such as emergency management airport and seaport operations public housing and health care services transportation environmental services solid waste disposal etc These are funded by county taxes which are assessed on all incorporated and unincorporated areas. Active students: 345,545, According to the U.S Census Bureau in 2012 Miami had the fourth highest percentage of family incomes below the federal poverty line out of all large cities in the United States behind Detroit Michigan Cleveland Ohio and Cincinnati Ohio respectively Miami is also one of the very few cities in the U.S where the local government has gone bankrupt in 2001 on the other hand Miami has won accolades for its environmental policies: in 2008 it was ranked as "America's Cleanest City" according to Forbes for its year-round good air quality vast green spaces clean drinking water clean streets and citywide recycling programs.
Native American or Native Alaskan 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%, 2.4 1980s and 1990s 6 History Richard Blanco Causeways U.S News & World Report 2018rankings. Entertainment and performing arts, After Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975 he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan New York City to an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County Around 1991 the Miami-Dade County lost a few corporations including Eastern Airlines which folded in 1991, 32.2% State of Florida Poverty and Participation in Government Programs: in 2005 14% of people were in poverty 19% of related children under 18 were below the poverty level compared with 14% of people 65 years old and over 11% of all families and 26% of families with a female householder and no husband present had incomes below the poverty level. ; Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other related educational programs Per Scholas for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers. As rain continued to fall the slightly acidic rainwater dissolved the limestone as limestone wore away the groundwater came into contact with the land surface and created a massive wetland ecosystem Although the region appears flat weathering of the limestone created slight valleys and plateaus in some areas These plateaus rise and fall only a few inches but on the subtle South Florida topography these small variations affect both the flow of water and the types of vegetation that can take hold, Reptiles: eastern diamondback and pygmy rattlesnakes gopher tortoise green and leatherback sea turtles and eastern indigo snake in 2012 there were about one million American alligators and 1,500 crocodiles Birds: peregrine falcon bald eagle American flamingo northern caracara snail kite osprey white and brown pelicans sea gulls whooping and sandhill cranes roseate spoonbill American white ibis Florida scrub jay (state endemic) and others One subspecies of wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo namely subspecies osceola is found only in Florida the state is a wintering location for many species of eastern North American birds, In February 1942 the Gulf Sea Frontier was established to help guard the waters around Florida by June of that year more attacks forced military leaders in Washington D.C to increase the numbers of ships and men of the army group They also moved the headquarters from Key West to the DuPont building in Miami taking advantage of its location at the southeastern corner of the U.S..[citation needed] As the war against the U-boats grew stronger more military bases sprang up in the Miami area the U.S Navy took control of Miami's docks and established air stations at the Opa-locka Airport and in Dinner Key the Air Force also set up bases in the local airports in the Miami area. 2.2 Hip hop Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 70.0% 65.0% 22.5%, identifying forms of business ownership and international business opportunities. Atletico Miami CF Soccer United Premier Soccer League Tropical Park Stadium NONE, Corrections department In 1922 a historic moment in cartography and oceanography occurred the USS Stewart used a Navy Sonic Depth Finder to draw a continuous map across the bed of the Atlantic This involved little guesswork because the idea of sonar is straight forward with pulses being sent from the vessel which bounce off the ocean floor then return to the vessel the deep ocean floor is thought to be fairly flat with occasional deeps abyssal plains trenches seamounts basins plateaus canyons and some guyots Various shelves along the margins of the continents constitute about 11% of the bottom topography with few deep channels cut across the continental rise. Ska punk band Against All Authority is from Miami and rock/metal bands Nonpoint and Marilyn Manson each formed in Fort Lauderdale.
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