15 Miami Beach Miami-Dade 87,933 87,779 91,718 +4.49% The Florida peninsula is a porous plateau of karst limestone sitting atop bedrock known as the Florida Platform the largest deposits of potash in the United States are found in Florida the largest deposits of rock phosphate in the country are found in Florida Most of this is in Bone Valley. . 1978 55.6% 1,406,580 44.4% 1,123,888 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. SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA 15 External links, 7 External links The geology of South Florida together with a warm wet subtropical climate provides conditions well-suited for a large marshland ecosystem Layers of porous and permeable limestone create water-bearing rock and soil that affect the climate weather and hydrology of South Florida the properties of the rock underneath the Everglades can be explained by the geologic history of the state the crust underneath Florida was at one point part of the African region of the supercontinent Gondwana About 300 million years ago North America merged with Africa connecting Florida with North America Volcanic activity centered on the eastern side of Florida covered the prevalent sedimentary rock with igneous rock Continental rifting began to separate North America from Gondwana about 180 million years ago When Florida was part of Africa it was initially above water but during the cooler Jurassic Period the Florida Platform became a shallow marine environment in which sedimentary rocks were deposited Through the Cretaceous Period most of Florida remained a tropical sea floor of varying depths the peninsula has been covered by seawater at least seven times since the bedrock formed. . White Hispanic: 39.2% [2,375,219] 3.1 Population National protected areas On May 2 1995 a second agreement with the Castro government paved the way for the admission to the United States of the Cubans housed at Guantanamo who were counted primarily against the first year of the 20,000 annual admissions committed to by the Clinton Administration it also established a new policy of directly repatriating Cubans interdicted at sea to Cuba in the agreement the Cuban government pledged not to retaliate against those who were repatriated.
Athletics Today Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth as well as for its increasing environmental issues the state's economy relies mainly on tourism agriculture and transportation which developed in the late 19th century Florida is also renowned for amusement parks orange crops winter vegetables the Kennedy Space Center and as a popular destination for retirees Florida is the flattest state in the United States Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S state of Florida, Downtown Miami is an urban city center based around the Central Business District of Miami Florida United States in addition to the central business district the area also consists of the Brickell Financial District Historic District Government Center Arts & Entertainment District and Park West the neighborhood is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown (Edgewater and Wynwood) to the north Biscayne Bay to the east Civic Center and Overtown to the west and Coconut Grove to the south, The Wolfsonian Library is located at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in South Beach on the corner of Washington Avenue and 10th Street the collection focuses exclusively on architecture art design and history of the Western World from 1885 to 1945 the library serves mostly as a research library with an extensive collection of primary sources for students prior approval from the staff is needed to enter the library. .
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