Native Americans Admissions Miami Children's Museum School 3.1 North Terminal (Blue) Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay it comes closest to the surface around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah Most of the Miami metropolitan area obtains its drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer As a result of the aquifer it is not possible to dig more than 15 to 20 ft (5 to 6 m) beneath the city without hitting water which impedes underground construction though some underground parking garages exist for this reason the mass transit systems in and around Miami are elevated or at-grade. La Florida 6 Awards 5.6 Florida Bay, U.S News & World Report reported that FIU students are among the least indebted college students in the nation and recognized the university as a "best buy" in higher education.The organization also reported FIU for having one of the safest campus in the United States, The Sony Ericsson Open a major tennis tournament is held in Miami annually. . International Hurricane Research Center, Perez Art Museum in Downtown Miami, 6 9174 Florida International University which has its main campus in nearby University Park has the largest enrollment of any university in South Florida and is one of the state's primary research universities. Concourse H historically served as the base of operations for Piedmont's Miami focus city and US Airways Express's commuter operations Concourse H continues to serve original tenant Delta Air Lines which uses all of the gates on the west side of the pier and 1 gate on the east side to accommodate international arrivals from Havana. The Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Miami-Dade County Florida the department serves 29 municipalities and all unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County from 60 fire stations the Department also provides fire protection services for Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport and Opa-locka Airport; 3% 6.4 Closure of the Atlantic, 1.1 Beginnings Model United Nations Program Risks. Fire Rescue Ice hockey: Miami Matadors (ECHL) Miami Screaming Eagles (WHA) Miami Manatees (WHA2), The 1980s and '90s also brought the genre of high energy Miami bass to dance floors and car subwoofers throughout the country Miami bass spawned artists like 2 Live Crew (featuring Uncle Luke) 95 South Tag Team 69 Boyz Quad City DJ's and Freak Nasty Examples of these songs are "Whoomp! (There it Is)" by Tag Team in 1993 "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz in 1994 and "C'mon N' Ride it (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's in 1996.
1960 935,047 88.9% Hurricanes pose a severe threat each year during June 1 to November 30 hurricane season particularly from August to October Florida is the most hurricane-prone state with subtropical or tropical water on a lengthy coastline Of the category 4 or higher storms that have struck the United States 83% have either hit Florida or Texas, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda who lived with the tribes of southern Florida for seventeen years in the 16th century said that the Mayaimis lived in many towns of thirty or forty inhabitants each and that there were many more places where only a few people lived the game and fish of Lake Okeechobee provided most of the Mayaimis' food They used fishing weirs and ate Black bass eels American alligator tails Virginia opossum terrapins and snakes and processed coontie for flour in high-water season they lived on their mounds and ate only fish. History Government Center (NW 1st Street and 1st Avenue) History Miami Florida Business directory The idea of a national park for the Everglades was pitched in 1928 when a Miami land developer named Ernest F Coe established the Everglades Tropical National Park Association it had enough support to be declared a national park by Congress in 1934 it took another 13 years to be dedicated on December 6 1947 One month before the dedication of the park a former editor from the Miami Herald and freelance writer named Marjory Stoneman Douglas released her first book titled the Everglades: River of Grass After researching the region for five years she described the history and ecology of the South Florida in great detail She characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a stagnant swamp the last chapter was titled "The Eleventh Hour" and warned that the Everglades were dying although it could be reversed. ; Mangrove and Coastal prairie, (31.4) 90.8 Much of Florida is on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida Spanning two time zones it extends to the northwest into a panhandle extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico It is bordered on the north by Georgia and Alabama and on the west at the end of the panhandle by Alabama It is the only state that borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Florida also is the southernmost state in the 48 contiguous states with Hawaii being the only state reaching farther south Florida is west of the Bahamas and 90 miles (140 km) north of Cuba Florida is one of the largest states east of the Mississippi River and only Alaska and Michigan are larger in water area the water boundary is 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 nautical miles (10 mi; 17 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. 2.7 Model United Nations Program, Mangrove and Coastal prairie Homestead General Aviation Airport, 2 Superintendent of schools Class of 1977. 1890s: Fast growth and formation Pan Am's terminal at Dinner Key in 1944 during World War II, As of 2010 28.07% of the population spoke only English at home while 63.77% of the population spoke Spanish 4.22% spoke French Creole (mainly Haitian Creole) 0.64% French and 0.55% Portuguese 52% of the county residents were born outside the United States while 71.93% of the population spoke a language other than English at home; . .
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