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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Everglades National Park' has mentioned 'River' in the following places:
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| Everglades National ParkIUCN category II (national park)Sunset over the Everglades river of grassLocation in FloridaShow map of FloridaLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesLocationMiami-Dade, Monroe, & Collier counties, Florida, United StatesNearestxc2xa0cityFlorida CityEverglades CityCoordinates25xc2xb018xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3N 80xc2xb041xe2x80xb215xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf25.3125000xc2xb0N 80.6875000xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 25.3125000; -80.6875000Coordinates: 25xc2xb018xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3N 80xc2xb041xe2x80xb215xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf25.3125000xc2xb0N 80.6875000xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 25.3125000; -80.6875000[1]Area1,508,976 acres (6,106.61xc2xa0km2)1,508,243 acres (6,103.6xc2xa0km2) federal[2]AuthorizedMayxc2xa030,xc2xa01934xc2xa0(1934-05-30)Visitors597,124 (inxc2xa02018)[3]Governingxc2xa0bodyNational Park ServiceWebsiteEverglades National Park UNESCO World Heritage SiteTypeNaturalCriteriaviii, ix, xDesignated1979 (3rd session)Referencexc2xa0no.76State PartyUnited StatesRegionEurope and North AmericaEndangered1993xe2x80x932007;2010xe2x80x93present Ramsar WetlandDesignated4 June 1987Referencexc2xa0no.374[4] | WIKI |
| The Everglades are a network of wetlands and forests fed by a river flowing 0.25 miles (0.40xc2xa0km) per day out of Lake Okeechobee, southwest into Florida Bay. | WIKI |
| Water also flows into the park after falling as rain to the north onto the watersheds of the Kissimmee River and other sources of Lake Okeechobee, to appear in the Everglades days later. | WIKI |
| Water overflows Lake Okeechobee into a river 40 to 70 miles (64 to 113xc2xa0km) wide, which moves almost imperceptibly. | WIKI |
| [22] Shark River Slough and Taylor Slough are significant features of the park. | WIKI |
| Sawgrass growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8xc2xa0m) or more, and broad-leafed marsh plants, are so prominent in this region that they gave the Everglades its nickname "River of Grass", cemented in the public imagination in the title for Marjory Stoneman Douglas's book (1947), which culminated years of her advocacy for considering the Everglades ecosystem as more than a "swamp". | WIKI |
| They rise several inches above the grass-covered river and are dominated by diverse plant life consisting of subtropical and tropical trees, such as large southern live oaks (Quercus virginiana). | WIKI |
| Mammals in cypress regions include white-tailed deer, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, skunks, swamp rabbits, river otters (Lontra canadensis), and bobcats, as well as small rodents. | WIKI |
| The Tequesta lived in a single large community near the mouth of the Miami River, while the Calusa lived in 30xc2xa0villages. | WIKI |
| In the 1940s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, a freelance writer and former reporter for The Miami Herald, began to research the Everglades for an assignment about the Miami River. | WIKI |
| She studied the land and water for five years and published The Everglades: River of Grass in 1947, describing the area in great detail, including a chapter on its disappearance. | WIKI |
| She wrote: "What had been a river of grass and sweet water that had given meaning and life and uniqueness to this enormous geography through centuries in which man had no place here was made, in one chaotic gesture of greed and ignorance and folly, a river of fire. | WIKI |
| Senator Spessard Holland's politicking helped to fully establish the park, after Holland was able to negotiate 1,300,000 acres (2,031.2xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi; 5,260.9xc2xa0km2) of the park, leaving out Big Cypress, Key Largo, the Turner River area, and a 22,000-acre (34.4xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi; 89.0xc2xa0km2) tract of land called "The Hole in the Donut" that was too highly valued for agriculture. | WIKI |
| [80] It was dedicated by President Harry Truman on December 6, 1947, one month after Marjory Stoneman Douglas's book The Everglades: River of Grass was released. | WIKI |
| "[86] Bush remarked in his statement when signing the act, "Through this legislation that river of grass may now be restored to its natural flow of water". | WIKI |