Everglades Agricultural Area

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agricultural region drainage district farming region

The Everglades Agricultural Area is a large, highly engineered farming region in South Florida, dominated by sugarcane production on former Everglades wetlands and central to regional water management and environmental restoration debates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Everglades agricultural area 2
Miami-Dade County Redland agricultural area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
drainage district ⓘ
farming region ⓘ
area approximately 280000 hectares ⓘ
approximately 700000 acres ⓘ
centralTo Everglades restoration debates ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFrom drained Everglades wetlands ⓘ
dominantCrop sugarcane ⓘ
drainageTo Everglades National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Water Conservation Areas NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastal estuaries ⓘ
environmentalIssue nutrient pollution ⓘ
phosphorus runoff ⓘ
soil subsidence ⓘ
water quality impacts to Everglades ⓘ
establishedFor agricultural development ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
governingBody South Florida Water Management District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfrastructure canals ⓘ
levees ⓘ
pumps ⓘ
water control structures ⓘ
hasStormwaterTreatmentAreas constructed wetlands for nutrient removal ⓘ
hydrology highly engineered ⓘ
locatedIn Everglades watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
South Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Everglades Protection Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Lake Okeechobee NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry sugar industry ⓘ
majorProducerOf U.S. sugarcane ⓘ
near Caloosahatchee River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Lucie River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
otherCrops rice ⓘ
sod ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
partOf Central and Southern Florida Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Everglades ecosystem NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalIssue land acquisition for restoration ⓘ
water allocation conflicts ⓘ
primaryLandUse agriculture ⓘ
regulatedBy Everglades Forever Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
soilType organic peat soils ⓘ
subjectOf Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterManagement intensively managed ⓘ
waterSource Lake Okeechobee NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Florida City, Florida → adjacentTo → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Everglades agricultural area
City of Belle Glade, Florida → agriculturalRegion → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
Water Conservation Areas → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
City of Pahokee, Florida → isInRegion → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
Hendry County → partOfRegion → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Everglades agricultural area
Florida City, Florida → region → Everglades Agricultural Area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miami-Dade County Redland agricultural area