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Water is the dominant force in the Everglades shaping the land vegetation and animal life in South Florida Starting at the last glacial maximum 21,000 years ago continental ice sheets retreated and sea levels rose This submerged portions of the Florida peninsula and caused the water table to rise Fresh water saturated the limestone that underlies the Everglades eroding some of it away and created springs and sinkholes the abundance of fresh water allowed new vegetation to take root and formed convective thunderstorms over the land through evaporation. Miami Florida Business directory, Photograph of large group of people on the Virginia Key Beach 1945, Later years 6 Historic districts. Who is this degree for People interested in management careers with multinational companies People who are interested in academic or research careers, Eastern Atlantic Subarctic 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010, Miami Florida Business directory. . . Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project. .

Northeast Florida See also: List of radio stations in Florida Miami-Dade County Public Schools is one of a few public school districts in the United States to offer optional international studies programs and bilingual education Bilingual education is offered in Spanish French German Haitian Creole and Mandarin Chinese M-DCPS is the only school district in Florida to offer bilingual education in Mandarin; The surface bedrock under the Miami area is called Miami oolite or Miami limestone This bedrock is covered by a thin layer of soil and is no more than 50 feet (15 m) thick Miami limestone formed as the result of the drastic changes in sea level associated with recent glacial periods or ice ages Beginning some 130,000 years ago the Sangamonian Stage raised sea levels to approximately 25 feet (8 m) above the current level All of southern Florida was covered by a shallow sea Several parallel lines of reef formed along the edge of the submerged Florida plateau stretching from the present Miami area to what is now the Dry Tortugas the area behind this reef line was in effect a large lagoon and the Miami limestone formed throughout the area from the deposition of oolites and the shells of bryozoans Starting about 100,000 years ago the Wisconsin glaciation began lowering sea levels exposing the floor of the lagoon by 15,000 years ago the sea level had dropped 300 to 350 feet (90 to 110 m) below the current level the sea level rose quickly after that stabilizing at the current level about 4,000 years ago leaving the mainland of South Florida just above sea level. Main article: List of invasive species in the Everglades City of Miami Cemetery Under his leadership FIU heralded in an era of unprecedented growth and prestige with all facets of university undergoing major transformations Physically the university tripled in size and its enrollment grew to nearly 40,000 During his 23 years as president the school established the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine the FIU College of Law the FIU School of Architecture and the Robert Stempel School of Public Health Also during his tenure endowment grew from less than $2 million to over $100 million.