Florida Bay

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Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys. Its area is variously stated to be 800 square miles (2,100 km²),^[1] or 850 square miles (2,200 km²),^[2] or 1,000 square miles (2,600 km²).^[3] Nearly all of Florida Bay is included in Everglades National Park. The southern edge, along the Florida Keys is in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The bay muds of portions of Florida Bay have been cored to develop insights on the paleontology of previous biota.[1] It has basins with banks in between which are great fishing grounds. The fish caught there are mangrove snapper, mackerel, and various others.

It is considered the "waterspout capital of the world" as the area has as many as 500 waterspouts per year. They are most common from June to October, but can occur anytime of the year.^[4]

References [edit]

^ Everglades National Park, Park Vision
^ Florida Bay, Encyclopædia Britannica Online
^ The Ecology of Florida Bay, by Daniel Phirman
^ Global security.org – Naval Air Station, Key West

External links [edit]

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Florida Bay

v t e Florida Keys

Biscayne National Park	Soldier Key Ragged Keys Boca Chita Key Sands Key Elliott Key Adams Key Caesar's Rock Meig's Key Rubicon Keys Reid Key Porgy Key Totten Key Old Rhodes Key City of Islandia

Upper keys	Key Largo (island) Key Largo (CDP) North Key Largo (CDP) Tavernier (CDP) Plantation Key (island) Plantation Key (former CDP) Windley Key Upper Matecumbe Key Tea Table Key Indian Key Lignumvitae Key Lower Matecumbe Key Village of Islamorada

Middle keys	Craig Key Fiesta Key Long Key City of Layton Conch Key Little Conch Key Duck Key (island) Duck Key (CDP) Grassy Key Crawl Key Long Point Key Fat Deer Key Key Vaca City of Marathon City of Key Colony Beach Boot Key Knight's Key

Lower keys	Pigeon Key Money Key Little Duck Key Missouri Key Ohio Key Sunshine Key Bahia Honda Key Spanish Harbor Key Scout Key (West Summerland Key) No Name Key Big Pine Key (CDP) Little Torch Key Middle Torch Key Big Torch Key Ramrod Key Summerland Key Knockemdown Key Cudjoe Key (CDP) Sugarloaf Key Park Key Lower Sugarloaf Key Saddlebunch Keys Shark Key Geiger Key Big Coppitt Key (island) Big Coppitt Key (CDP) East Rockland Key Rockland Key Boca Chica Key Raccoon Key Stock Island (island) Stock Island (CDP) Key West (island) Key West (city) Sigsbee Park Fleming Key Sunset Key Wisteria Island

Outlying Islands	Mule Keys (with Mule Key, Crawfish Key, Archer Key, Joe Ingram Key, Big Mullet Key, Barracouta Key, Cottrell Key, Man Key, Little Mullet Key, Ballast Key, Woman Key, Boca Grande Key) Marquesas Keys Dry Tortugas Tortugas Banks (submerged)

Areas	Florida Bay Dry Tortugas National Park Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary National Key Deer Refuge John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Biscayne Bay Biscayne National Park Key West National Wildlife Refuge Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Florida Reef

Other Topics	Monroe County Conch Republic Overseas Highway Overseas Railroad Card Sound Bridge Jewfish Creek Bridge Seven Mile Bridge Bahia Honda Rail Bridge Fort Jefferson Theater of the Sea Hurricane Wilma 1935 Labor Day hurricane Key Deer Key lime pie Florida Keys Keynoter Key West Citizen

v t e Everglades

Geography and ecology Indigenous people Draining and development Restoration Everglades National Park Invasive species

People	Guy Bradley Ernest F. Coe Hamilton Disston Marjory Stoneman Douglas Arthur R. Marshall Garald G. Parker

Protected areas	Big Cypress National Preserve Biscayne National Park Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

Bodies of water	Biscayne Bay Caloosahatchie River Fisheating Creek Florida Bay Indian River Lagoon Kissimmee River Lake Okeechobee Lake Worth Lagoon Shark River St. Lucie River Taylor Slough

See also	Alligator Alley Biscayne Aquifer Burmese Pythons in Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Environmental Impact of the Big Cypress Swamp Jetport Everglades Foundation Friends of the Everglades Homestead Air Force Base South Florida Water Management District Tamiami Trail U.S. Sugar

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