Florida Bay

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estuarine lagoon shallow coastal water body subtropical lagoon

Florida Bay is a shallow, subtropical estuarine lagoon at the southern tip of Florida, lying between the mainland and the Florida Keys and forming part of the Everglades and Florida Keys marine ecosystem.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Florida Bay (part)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estuarine lagoon ⓘ shallow coastal water body ⓘ subtropical lagoon ⓘ
adjacentTo	Everglades National Park ⓘ Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ
borderedBy	Florida Keys ⓘ surface form: Florida Keys island chain Florida Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Florida mainland
connectedTo	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Straits of Florida ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAverageDepth	approximately 3 to 7 feet ⓘ less than 2 meters ⓘ
hasClimate	subtropical ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	coastal lagoon ecosystem ⓘ estuarine ecosystem ⓘ
hasGeomorphology	network of shallow basins and banks ⓘ
hasHabitat	mangrove fringes ⓘ mudflats ⓘ seagrass meadows ⓘ shallow banks ⓘ
hasSalinity	variable salinity ⓘ
hasWaterType	brackish water ⓘ
isImportantFor	bird habitat ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ nursery grounds for marine species ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ
locatedBetween	Florida Keys ⓘ Florida Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Florida mainland
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ southern Florida ⓘ
managedBy	Everglades National Park ⓘ surface form: Everglades National Park authorities
partOf	Everglades ⓘ surface form: Everglades ecosystem Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ surface form: Florida Keys marine ecosystem
supportsSpecies	American crocodile ⓘ bottlenose dolphin ⓘ commercially important fish ⓘ manatee ⓘ pink shrimp ⓘ sea turtles ⓘ seagrass Halodule wrightii ⓘ seagrass Syringodium filiforme ⓘ seagrass Thalassia testudinum ⓘ spiny lobster ⓘ wading birds ⓘ
threatenedBy	altered freshwater inflows ⓘ climate change ⓘ hypoxia ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ seagrass die-offs ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan → aimsToBenefit → Florida Bay ⓘ

Florida Keys → borderedBy → Florida Bay ⓘ

Key Largo → borderedBy → Florida Bay ⓘ

Upper Keys → borderedBy → Florida Bay ⓘ

Monroe County, Florida → contains → Florida Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Bay (part)

Greater Everglades ecosystem → drainsTo → Florida Bay ⓘ

Taylor Slough → flowsToward → Florida Bay ⓘ

Greater Everglades ecosystem → includes → Florida Bay ⓘ

Overseas Highway → scenicView → Florida Bay ⓘ