Psychology 148 The Stephen P Clark Government Center in Downtown Miami is the headquarters of the Miami-Dade County government, Dade County Courthouse completed in 1926, South Florida (colloquially and locally known as SoFlo) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises Florida's southernmost counties including Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach It is the fourth most populous urban agglomeration in the United States It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions the others being Central Florida and North Florida it includes the populous Miami metropolitan area the Everglades and the Florida Keys South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate; Traditional rivals of the FIU Panthers include Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami the Panthers football team competes in the annual Shula Bowl a yearly football game played for the Don Shula Award against in-state rival Florida Atlantic University Due to this competition in the Shula Bowl the rivalry between the two schools has grown with the rivalry extending into the men's baseball and basketball teams as well, The Beacon is the FIU student newspaper since 1965 the Beacon is published thrice weekly in a compact format during the Fall and Spring semesters (Monday Wednesday and Friday) and once a week on Wednesday during the Summer.The Beacon is available free campus-wide in the residence halls the Graham Center and all campus buildings, Miami Children's Museum Miami. Overview QS in 2015 ranked FIU's MBA program 58th in North America The area from Orlando to the tip of the Florida peninsula was at one point a single drainage unit When rainfall exceeded the capacity of Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River floodplain it spilled over and flowed in a southwestern direction to empty into Florida Bay Prior to urban and agricultural development in Florida the Everglades began at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee and flowed for approximately 100 miles (160 km) emptying into the Gulf of Mexico the limestone shelf is wide and slightly angled instead of having a narrow deep channel characteristic of most rivers the vertical gradient from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) per mile creating an almost 60-mile (97 km) wide expanse of river that travels about half a mile (0.8 km) a day This slow movement of a broad shallow river is known as sheetflow and gives the Everglades its nickname River of Grass Water leaving Lake Okeechobee may require months or years to reach its final destination Florida Bay the sheetflow travels so slowly that water is typically stored from one wet season to the next in the porous limestone substrate the ebb and flow of water has shaped the land and every ecosystem in South Florida throughout the Everglades' estimated 5,000 years of existence the motion of water defines plant communities and how animals adapt to their habitats and food sources.
Politics Early history Active students: 345,545 2.3.1 First Cuban wave Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) is the largest public transit agency in Florida operating rapid transit people movers and an intercity bus system Metrorail is Florida's only rapid transit currently with 23 stations on a 24.4-mile (39.3 km) track the Downtown Miami people mover Metromover operates 20 stations and three lines on a 4.4-mile (7.1 km) track through the Downtown neighborhoods of the Arts & Entertainment District the Central Business District and Brickell Metrobus serves the entirety of Miami-Dade County also serving Monroe County as far south as Marathon and Broward County as far north as downtown Fort Lauderdale in Broward County Broward County Transit runs public buses as does Palm Tran in Palm Beach County Additionally the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority operates Tri-Rail a commuter rail train that connects the three of the primary cities of South Florida (Miami Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach) and most intermediate points. Glenvar Heights Paul S Walker Park CBD 1.3 1890s: Fast growth and formation Native to southern Asia the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) is a relatively new invasive species in the Everglades This species can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and they compete with alligators for the top of the food chain Florida wildlife officials speculate that escaped pythons have begun reproducing in an environment for which they are well-suited in Everglades National Park alone agents removed more than 2,000 Burmese pythons from the park as of 2017 Federal authorities banned four species of exotic snakes including the Burmese python in 2012 the pythons are believed to be responsible for drastic decreases in the populations of some mammals within the park.
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