Everglades
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The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The
The most prominent feature of the Everglades are the sawgrass prairies found across the region.
Hurricane Charley in 2004 moving ashore on South Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast
A storm over the Shark River in the Everglades, 1966
Uneven limestone formations in an Everglades sawgrass prairie
Everglades National Park
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Everglades National Park is a United States national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the United Sta
Everglades
…and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance. The construction of a large airport 6 miles (10 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem. With heightened awareness and appreciation of…
Sunset over the Everglades river of grass, January 2013
Alligators thrive in freshwater sloughs and marl prairies.
A great blue heron along the Anhinga Trail
About 160 Florida panthers inhabit hammocks and pinelands of the Everglades.