. 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. . Main article: Spanish treasure fleet There has long been plans for Metrorail the local heavy rail rapid transit system to be extended west with two proposed lines terminating at Florida International University's main campus This would ease traffic and parking problems at and around the main campus. ! Sports (52) 2.75 Thousands of years before Europeans arrived a large portion of south east Florida including the area where Miami Florida exists today was inhabited by Tequestas the Tequesta (also Tekesta Tegesta Chequesta Vizcaynos) Native American tribe at the time of first European contact occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century Miami is named after the Mayaimi a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century. Big Cypress National Preserve Miami Florida Business directory, Public transportation in the Downtown area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of Downtown life Metrorail Miami's heavy rail system makes three stops in Downtown on both the green and orange lines at the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station Government Center Station and the Brickell Station in addition to Metrorail the Metromover train system runs three lines (the Downtown Loop the Omni Loop and the Brickell Loop) with 22 stations throughout Downtown the Metromover is free and stations can be found at roughly every two blocks in Downtown and Brickell.
The Miami River lent its name to the burgeoning town extending an etymology that derives from the Mayaimi Indian tribe.[citation needed] in 1844 Miami became the county seat and six years later a census reported that there were ninety-six residents living in the area the Third Seminole War lasted from 1855 to 1858 but was not nearly as destructive as the previous one However it did slow down the rate of settlement of southeast Florida At the end of the war a few of the soldiers stayed and some of the Seminoles remained in the Everglades; . . Belle Glade Miami Florida Business directory 5.1 Sawgrass marshes and sloughs Homestead Joint Air Reserve Base HST KHST Miami-Dade Grade 4: 26,056. Other Christian (113) 8.70 1980 1,625,781 28.2% Miami Book Fair International an annual literary festival held at Miami Dade College. In 2010 the three largest denominations in Florida were the Catholic Church the Southern Baptist Convention and the United Methodist Church.
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