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Map of the southeastern United States highlighting the Everglades region in southern Florida in orange. The map shows state boundaries with Florida, Alabama, and Georgia labeled, and surrounding bodies of water including the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. An inset globe marks the Everglades' location in North America. Everglades marsh Wetland scene in Florida Everglades National Park with still water, floating vegetation, tall grasses, and a cluster of trees under a partly cloudy sky. A white heron stands in shallow water surrounded by dense green vegetation and lily pads in Everglades National Park, Florida. Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
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Everglades

region, Florida, United States
Also known as: Pa-May-Okee
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Everglades, subtropical saw-grass marsh region, a “river of grass” up to 50 miles (80 km) wide but generally less than 1 foot (0.3 metre) deep, covering more than 4,300 square miles (11,100 square km) of southern Florida, U.S. Through it, water moves slowly southward to mangrove swamps bordering the Gulf of Mexico to the southwest and Florida Bay to the south. To the east the marsh reaches near the narrow, sandy belt that includes the...

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