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. . With the rise of sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene approximately 17,000 years ago the runoff of water from Lake Okeechobee slowed and created the vast marshland that is now known as the Everglades Slower runoff also created an accumulation of almost 18 feet (5.5 m) of peat in the area the presence of such peat deposits dated to about 5,000 years ago is evidence that widespread flooding had occurred by then. Ska punk band Against All Authority is from Miami and rock/metal bands Nonpoint and Marilyn Manson each formed in Fort Lauderdale, Calusa and Tequesta Modes: importing and exporting tourism and transportation licensing and franchising turnkey operations management contracts direct investment and portfolio investments. Air crashes Cypress The Freedom Tower built in 1925 is a local historic landmark and a symbol of the city. Spain-United States Chamber of Commerce The Orange Bowl a member of the Bowl Championship Series hosts their college football championship games at Hard Rock Stadium the stadium has also hosted the Super Bowl; the Miami metro area has hosted the game a total of ten times (five Super Bowls at the now Hard Rock Stadium including Super Bowl XLI and five at the Miami Orange Bowl) tying New Orleans for the most games.

. 2.2 Post-war history Approximately 400 men voted for Miami's incorporation in 1896 in the building to the left. . NFL football player 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), This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it! .