Everglades National Park

USA / Florida / Florida City /
 UNESCO biosphere reserve, region, nature conservation park / area, Ramsar site, UNESCO World Heritage Site, national park
www.nps.gov/ever/
Everglades National Park is a national park in the state of Florida. It is largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, and it contains the southern 25 percent of the original Everglades marshland region of southwestern Florida. Visited by one million people each year, it is the third-largest national park in the lower 48 states after Death Valley National Park and Yellowstone National Park. It has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage Site, and a Wetland of International Importance.

The Everglades is a slow-moving system of rivers, flowing southwest at about a quarter of a mile per day, fed by the Kissimmee River and Lake Okeechobee. Although humans have lived in the Everglades for thousands of years, it was not until 1882 that the region began to be drained for agricultural or residential use, and the water flow from Lake Okeechobee was controlled, and diverted to the South Florida metropolitan area. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and the repair and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.

Everglades National Park covers 1,509,000 acres (611,000 ha), throughout three Florida counties: Dade, Monroe and Collier. The elevation typically ranges from 0 to 8 feet (2.4 m) above sea level.




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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades_National_Park
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Coordinates:   25°22'16"N   80°57'16"W

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  • Watch out, those gators will get ya!