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Florida Everglades and Restoration
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Zhang, Caiyun |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The Florida Everglades is the largest subtropical wetland in the USA. It is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the world's most unique natural and cultural resources, as it supports many threatened and endangered species. Historically, the system was characterized by a continuum of clean, flowing fresh water from just south of present-day Orlando, down the Kissimmee River, through Lake Okeechobee (a 1900 $km^{2}$ lake with an average depth of 2.7 m), across “River of Grass” with 60 miles (97 km) wide and 100 miles (160 km) long, and ultimately into Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico (USGS/Florida Everglades, 2019). The Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, and Everglades National Park (ENP) together form the valuable Greater Everglades ecosystem, encompassing about 10,000 $km^{2}$ (4000 square miles) and taking up a third of the Florida peninsula in the 1800s before drainage attempts (Figure 1.1). The Everglades is home to around 11,000 species of seed-bearing plants and 400 species of land or water vertebrates. Figure 1.1 The original Greater Everglades ecosystem and its natural flow pattern around 1900 (from Galloway et al., 1999, USGS). Book Name: Multi-sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystem |
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| DOI | 10.1201/9780429075872-1 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-01-06 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Multi-sensor System Applications in the Everglades Ecosystem Everglades River Florida Lake Figure Miles Km2 Kissimmee Okeechobee |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
