Everglades University

. Sports The basic structure duties function and operations of the government of the state of Florida are defined and established by the Florida Constitution which establishes the basic law of the state and guarantees various rights and freedoms of the people the state government consists of three separate branches: judicial executive and legislative the legislature enacts bills which if signed by the governor become law, Structure of county government, Coconut Creek Catholic preparatory schools operated by religious orders are Christopher Columbus High School and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School for boys and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy for girls. . . 3.7.6 Wolfsonian Library Education British surveyor John Gerard de Brahm who mapped the coast of Florida in 1773 called the area "River Glades" Both Marjory Stoneman Douglas and linguist Wallace McMullen suggest that cartographers substituted "Ever" for "River".[clarification needed] the name "Everglades" first appeared on a map in 1823 although it was also spelled as "Ever Glades" as late as 1851 the Seminole call it Pahokee meaning "Grassy Water." the region was labeled "Pa-hai-okee" on a U.S military map from 1839 although it had earlier been called "Ever Glades" throughout the Second Seminole War, The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth the few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise the area was also characterized as "one of the finest building sites in Florida" After the Great Freeze of 1894 the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived Julia Tuttle a local landowner convinced Henry Flagler a railroad tycoon to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami on July 28 1896 Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300, Jamaica Jamaica The underlying bedrock or limestone of the Everglades basin affects the hydroperiod or how long an area within the region stays flooded throughout the year Longer hydroperiods are possible in areas that were submerged beneath seawater for longer periods of time while the geology of Florida was forming More water is held within the porous ooids and limestone than older types of rock that spent more time above sea level a hydroperiod of ten months or more fosters growth of sawgrass whereas a shorter hydroperiod of six months or less promotes beds of periphyton a growth of algae and other microscopic organisms There are only two types of soil in the Everglades peat and marl Where there are longer hydroperiods peat builds up over hundreds or thousands of years due to many generations of decaying plant matter Where periphyton grows the soil develops into marl which is more calcitic in composition! . . 2000s to 2010s Aerial view of the Safety Valve from southern end of Key Biscayne (top) to Soldier Key, The Historic Call-Collins House the Grove is an antebellum plantation house built in the 1840s in Tallahassee Florida.

In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents the Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada, College of Law Another major development for the PortMiami is the PortMiami Deep Dredge project that will allow Super Post Panamax Megaships to enter the United States after the completion of the Panama Canal expansion in 2014 the ports of Norfolk New York and Baltimore have deepened their ports to the required 50 feet With the correct funding the PortMiami estimates that it is capable of completing such a project by 2014 It is also estimated that this project could double Miami's cargo business in the next 10 years as well as creating over 30,000 permanent jobs for Miami which currently has a very high unemployment rate; . Main articles: History of Miami and Timeline of Miami, (19.4) Hamilton Disston's land sale notice (20.3) 70.8 Added to NRHP 1988 and 2005.