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The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park , the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and remains an influential book on nature conservation as well as a reference for ...
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Robert Fink
- 406 pp
- 1947
- November 6, 1947
River of Grass is a 1994 American independent film directed by Kelly Reichardt in her feature film directorial debut. Reichardt wrote the screenplay from a story by her and Jesse Hartman.
- John Hill
- Kelly Reichardt
- Jesse Hartman
- Lisa Donaldson, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell, Stan Kaplan, Michael Buscemi
Jun 23, 2018 · The Everglades: River of Grass. The Everglades is an intricate system of subtropical wetlands, lakes and rivers, originally covering more than 4,000 square miles (10,000 square kilometers)...
- Traci Pedersen
Apr 13, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- What is the Everglades?The Everglades is a subtropical marsh region up to 50 miles (80 km) wide but less than 1 foot (0.3 meter) deep. The Everglades occupies a shallow l...
- What type of climate does the Everglades have?The Everglades has a tropical to subtropical climate, which is influenced strongly by the southeast trade winds. The monthly mean temperatures rang...
- What birds are found in the Everglades?The Everglades is home to more than 350 bird species, including wading birds, shore and water birds, birds of prey, and a wide variety of songbirds.
- Are there endangered species in the Everglades?The Everglades provides habitat for endangered species such as the manatee, Florida panther, wood stork, American crocodile, and several species of...
- Do Seminoles still live in Everglades?Creek peoples started moving into the Everglades in the 1700s and became known as Seminoles. They found sanctuary in the swamps and marshes until m...
The Everglades is a natural region of flooded grasslands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee.
- 7,800 square miles (20,000 km²)
- 25 feet (7.6 m)
The Everglades is a subtropical wetland ecosystem spanning two million acres across central and south Florida. During the wet season, Lake Okeechobee overflows, releasing water into a very slow moving, shallow river dominated by sawgrass marsh—dubbed the "river of grass."
In 1997, Congress attached it to a new 1.8-million-acre Everglades wilderness area, four years after President Clinton awarded her the Medal of Freedom. When she died in 1998, at 108, park rangers appropriately broadcast her ashes in the beloved river she gave to America, the River of Grass.
