South Florida hydrologic system

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hydrologic system water resources system

The South Florida hydrologic system is the interconnected network of wetlands, rivers, lakes, canals, and groundwater that governs water flow, storage, and ecology across the southern Florida peninsula, including the Everglades.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
South Florida drainage system 1
South Florida interior wetlands (approximate) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydrologic system ⓘ
water resources system ⓘ
alteredBy canal construction ⓘ
levees ⓘ
water control structures ⓘ
extendsTo southern Florida peninsula ⓘ
function ecological habitat support ⓘ
flood protection ⓘ
water quality regulation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
governs groundwater flow in South Florida ⓘ
surface water flow in South Florida ⓘ
hasComponent canals ⓘ
groundwater ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
historicallyCharacterizedBy sheet flow from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay ⓘ
includes Big Cypress Swamp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Biscayne Aquifer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Biscayne Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Everglades NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florida Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Floridan Aquifer System NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kissimmee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Okeechobee NERFINISHED ⓘ
canal network ⓘ
coastal mangrove wetlands ⓘ
freshwater marshes ⓘ
groundwater aquifers ⓘ
influences agricultural water use in South Florida ⓘ
ecosystem health in South Florida ⓘ
flood control in South Florida ⓘ
water supply for South Florida urban areas ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
South Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
managedBy South Florida Water Management District NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Everglades restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Florida water management NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports Everglades ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Florida estuaries ⓘ
South Florida wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural drainage ⓘ
saltwater intrusion ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ
urban development ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Everglades → partOf → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
Black Creek (Miami-Dade County) → partOf → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
Kissimmee River basin → partOf → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
Miami Canal → partOf → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Florida drainage system
Lake Okeechobee basin → partOf → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
Tony’s Mound → locatedIn → South Florida hydrologic system ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Florida interior wetlands (approximate)