Florida - english facts
Florida Geography - a state in the South-East - capital: Tallahassee - borders: in the North: Alabama and Georgia - in the East: the Atlantic - in the West: Golf of Mexico - the peninsula Florida has an area of 170 313 km² - highest spot is 105 m over sea level at the border to Alabama - coastline: 2173 km - from every point in florida - only 100 km to next coast - Florida is a part of the atlantic coastplaine - the ground consists of limestone- and sandstonelayer - because of wear of waves, wind and rain àFlorida is mainly flatland - only forur big rivers - all in the northern of Florida: - the Apalachicola, Suwannee, St. John and the Escambia - there much rivers more but most of thembe caused by break out the earth surface - and so some rivers can be flow for a strech underground - in the North you can find more than thousand springs, bacause of the pressure in the ground - region round Tallahassee is flatland with pineforest - western from it: the Marianna lowplain with one special: mussellinelayer - around the altlanticcoast are coral reefs, bays, sand dunes, peninsulas and islands situated - in the South are the Florida Keys, the Marquese Keys and Dry Tortugas, which are thousand little island along the coast - in the East of te Keys is the last living coral reef - the biggest lake is the Okeechobee, wich is called "Big Water" - es ist der drittgrößte Süßwassersee in den USA - - even you find swampland like the Everglades and the Big Cypress Garden - it´s about 6000 km² - most is entwässert to field or land for new buildings and projects Climate - in most regions of Florida is subtropical climate - the southsummit and especially the little southern islands have chance humide climate - annual average temperatre: in the North-West round Tallahessee: 20°C - in the South-East round Fort Lauderale 25°C - Above all in the South of Florida are hurricans - Like in 1992: 41 people were killed and 160 000 homeless when hurrican Andrew came - material damage amount to 20 billion Dollar Nature/Animals - 35 % from the whole area are covered up with forest - in Florida you can find 314 different kind of trees - most native are famous because her ricness of colours - symbolflower: orangeflower - tree of the state: Sabaspalm - in the North: pines, tuliptrees, maple trees, Azaleen, Oleander, Hibiskus and Jasmin - in the centre: cypresses, Florida Hickories, oak trees and Magnolien - in the South: cocopalm, kingspalm, liveoaktrees, west-indish mahogony and especially at the coast cabbagepalm - in the swampland and the Everglades: fern, orchid, Lianen - animals: - most animals are extinct, live in danger or are disappeared - like 90 % of the birds..but still live more than 400 kinds - àfisheagle, storcks, gooses, beachrunner, pelicans, seagulls and migratories - also wild animals who live in danger like: blackbears, greyfoxes, panther and another kind of wildcats - because of their skin many otters and minks were killed - in a big number live deers, squirrels, wils boar, oppossum, hares and Waschbären - nearly extinct: Seekuh and turtle - alligators on crocodiles live reserve in the Everglades - former their skin was process to textilies too - in the waters live round 700 different kinds if fish like trout and werch - but next to them you even can find frogs, lizards, rattlesnakes, and many other kinds of snakes Economy and Industry - Floridas most important row materials are lime, crude oil and phosphat à the state meet the demand for the USA with 80 % - more woe materials: natural gas, sulpur and other chemical stuffs - the most important deliver for products of agriculture àlemonfruits and oranges - the industry process things for electric, automobiles and precisionintruments Population, Education and Culture - 13 Mio inhabitants - average population density: 76 people / km² - 80 % whites, 10 % blacks, 10 % Hispanics - nearly 35000 Indians and 31000 people from Asia and Cuba - share of persond above 60 years is 18 % - that is ecause Florida is the popular state for old people - altogether 95 colleges and university with nearly 480 000 students - state highschools and universities: University Florida, the Bethune-Cookman College (found 1904) in Daytona Beach, the Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and the University of Jacksonville - a significant museum: the Museum of Natural History in Gainesville which posses archaeology discoveries - an important collection of european and american painting you can find in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota
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