. A Metrorail train approaching Government Center Public transportation is a vital part of Downtown life. Geology 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. ! . 2.3.1 First Cuban wave Miami Florida Business directory, Hialeah Gardens Miami Florida Business directory Establishing a Spanish garrison of 200 men further up the coast he sailed to what is today the Georgia coast making contact with the local Indians of St Catherines Island before returning to Florida where he expanded Spanish power throughout southeastern Florida in 1567 he marched south encountering the Ais (Jece) as he reached the Indian River near present-day Vero Beach.
Coral Springs 121,096 117,549 Broward Scenes from the 1994 comedy film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective were shot here, Knowing how other businesses operate and what might or might not be social taboos! . Wynwood Art District, 1960 291,688 17.0% 5 Jackson Health System 9,800, (23.9) 75.8 12 Sister cities Geology. Airports Until the early 1990s the runways parking ramp and other features of Tamiami Airport were still visible on campus and clearly discernible in aerial photos Construction has removed all of these features and only the University Tower remains as a memory of the university's past University Park is a lush heavily vegetated campus with many lakes and a 15-acre nature preserve as well as a palm arboretum and has over 90 buildings as of late 2009 current construction at University Park includes the Nursing and Health Sciences Building the School of International and Public Affairs Building and a fifth parking garage. 1.3 Establishment Turtle Pond PortMiami is an important contributor to the local south Florida and state economies Over four million cruise passengers pass through the Port 7.4 million tons of cargo and over 1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) (FY 2004/2005) of intermodal container traffic move through the seaport per year This combination of cruise and cargo activities supports approximately 176,000 jobs and has an economic impact in Miami-Dade County of over $17 billion $14 billion of which is generated by its cargo operations. Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000), In March 1980 the first black Dade County schools superintendent Dr Johnny L Jones was convicted on grand theft charges linked to gold-plated plumbing His conviction was overturned on appeal and on July 3 1986 the state attorney Janet Reno announced that Jones would not be retried on these charges However in a separate case he was convicted on misdemeanor charges of soliciting perjury and witness tampering and received a two-year jail sentence; .
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