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Initial attempts at developing agriculture near Lake Okeechobee were successful but the nutrients in the peat were rapidly removed In a process called soil subsidence oxidation of peat causes loss of volume Bacteria decompose dead sawgrass slowly underwater without oxygen When the water was drained in the 1920s and bacteria interacted with oxygen an aerobic reaction occurred Microorganisms degraded the peat into carbon dioxide and water Some of the peat was burned by settlers to clear the land Some homes built in the areas of early farms had to have their foundations moved to stilts as the peat deteriorated; other areas lost approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) of soil depth. . Water is the dominant force in the Everglades shaping the land vegetation and animal life in South Florida Starting at the last glacial maximum 21,000 years ago continental ice sheets retreated and sea levels rose This submerged portions of the Florida peninsula and caused the water table to rise Fresh water saturated the limestone that underlies the Everglades eroding some of it away and created springs and sinkholes the abundance of fresh water allowed new vegetation to take root and formed convective thunderstorms over the land through evaporation, 2.6 College of Law Contents, Miami Florida Business directory. City of Miami Cemetery, Florida Keys Facilities and aircraft, Libertarian 1,817 0.12% The district is managed by the School Board of Miami-Dade County which appoints a superintendent to head the administrative portions of the district Alberto Carvalho has been Superintendent since September 12 2008! (18.6) 59.5 Concourse B Physical and social factors of competitive business and social environment, Earthquakes are rare because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries. Miami Florida Business directory, Mark B Rosenberg since 2009 2.1 Limestone and aquifers, Miami Gardens 107,167 124,656 Miami-Dade (26.1) 81.1 11 Notable people As of 2010 the population of Downtown Miami was 65,696 people with a population density of 27,487 per square mile in the 2010 US Census the racial makeup of Downtown was 57.6% Hispanic of any race 30.8% White (non-Hispanic) 7.2% Black and 2.9% Asian the zip codes for Brickell include 33129 33130 and 33131 the area covers 1.084 square miles (2.81 km2).

(26.4) 73.8 Demographics Passenger - Economists ($91,000)* 1966 44.9% 668,233 55.1% 821,190, African American labor played a crucial role in Miami's early development During the early 20th century migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans constituted 40 percent of the city's population.:25 Despite their role in the city's growth their community was limited to a small space When landlords began to rent homes to African-Americans around Avenue J (what would later become NW Fifth Avenue) a gang of white men with torches marched through the neighborhood and warned the residents to move or be bombed.:33. .