Grade 10: 27,740 2 Today, Dolphin Mall View from one of the higher points in Miami west of downtown the highest natural point in the city of Miami is in Coconut Grove near the bay along the Miami Rock Ridge at 24 feet (7.3 m) above sea level, The geologic formations that have the most influence on the Everglades are the Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Miami Limestone has two facies the Miami Oolite facies which underlies the Atlantic Coastal Ridge from southern Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County is made up of ooids: tiny formations of egg-shaped concentric shells and calcium carbonate formed around a single grain of sand or shell fragment the other facies which underlies the eastern lower Everglades (in Miami-Dade County and part of Monroe County) consists of fossilized bryozoan organisms the unique structure was some of the first material used in housing in early 20th-century South Florida the composition of this sedimentary formation affects the hydrology plant life and wildlife above it: the rock is especially porous and stores water during the dry season in the Everglades and its chemical composition determines the vegetation prevalent in the region the Miami Oolite facies also acts to impede flow of water from the Everglades to the ocean between Fort Lauderdale and Coot Bay (near Cape Sable). Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE, 3.4 Languages Cor Jesu Chapel Though spelled the same in English the Florida city's name has nothing to do with the Miami people who lived in a completely different part of North America. 4.2 Cargo Higher education Carlos Finlay Elementary School Source: US Census Further information: Miami-Dade Police Department; (221) 7.11 6.2.1 U.S News and World Report, (32.7) 91.9 Drainage 10 Education Study abroad In accordance with measures set forth by the state any school that had been graded as a D or F on the FCAT the previous academic year were put on an academic probation by the school board giving the administration three years to bring the school's grade up to a C or higher before taking drastic measures such as firing all teachers and administrators or removing funding for extracurricular activities.[citation needed]. 2010 47.7% 2,557,785 48.9% 2,619,335 Colleges and universities, Main article: Neighborhoods in Miami Miami is the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team formerly played at the Miami Orange Bowl from 1937 until 2008 moving to Sun Life Stadium subsequently and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at FIU Stadium.
American Airlines Arena in Miami On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor; . (28.2) 79.5 The break-up of Pangaea began in the Central Atlantic between North America and Northwest Africa where rift basins opened during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic This period also saw the first stages of the uplift of the Atlas Mountains the exact timing is controversial with estimates ranging from 200 to 170 Ma, (41) 2.03 Average maximum and minimum levels of rainfall for the lower east coast of Florida from 1918 to 1985. Following the American Civil War Florida's congressional representation was restored on June 25 1868 albeit forcefully after Radical Reconstruction and the installation of unelected government officials under the final authority of federal military commanders After the Reconstruction period ended in 1876 white Democrats regained power in the state legislature in 1885 they created a new constitution followed by statutes through 1889 that disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites.
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