Florida

Port Miami

'Cruise Capital of the World'.

Orlando:

'Theme Park Capital of the World'.

St.Augustine, FL

1565, the first permanent European settlement in North America was made at

Tampa Bay, Old Tampa Bay, and Hillsborough Bay all of which flow into the Gulf of Mexico

3 bodies of water bordering Tampa

St. Petersburg

5 th largest city of FL, home to Dali Museum and Mahaffey Theater and the Florida Orchestra. St. Petersburg is located on the Inter-bay peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

'sticks of fire', or 'place to gather sticks'.

Calusa tribe, Tampa means

Miami canal

Canal flows from Lake Okeechobee to Miami River, which flows through downtown Miami

Tallahasssee

Capital

Florida

Fewest earthquakes of any US States.

Pelican Island NWR

First national wildlife refuge

Britton Hill

Highest Point:

Florida

Highest lightning strikes among the 50 States.

A. Pensacola B. Panama City C. Tallahassee D. Jacksonville E. St.Augustine F. Gainesville (University of Florida) G. Daytona beach (famous for car races.. Daytona 500) H. Orlando I. Tampa J. Clearwater K. St.Petersburg L. Fort Myers M. Miami

Identify the cities...

A. Apalachicola NF B. Apalachee bay C. Okefenokee NWR D. St.John's river E. Okala NF F. Big O (Lake Okechobee) G. Big Cyprus National Preserve H. Everglades I. Key West J. Biscayne Bay

Identify these geographical landmarks in Florida

St.John's river

Jacksonville is on this north flowing river

Seminole Lake or Jim Woodruff Reservoir

Lake near the junction of FL, GA, and Alabama States. This lake was created by the Jim Woodruff Dam on the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers

St.George Lake

Lake on St.John's river?

1. Jacksonville 2. Miami 3. Tampa 4. Orlando. 5. St. Petersburg

Largest City

Miami

Largest Metro Area:

Florida

Largest deposits of potash in USA

Lake Michigan

Largest fresh water lake entirely within the US?

Miami

Largest metropolis in FL. Amelia Earhart started her final journey from Miami, FL. 2 nd most populous metropolis in SE USA after Washington DC. Nicknamed 'Capital of Latin America'. Only major city in the US to be planned by a woman. -Julia Tuttle. 2 nd largest US city with a Spanish speaking majority after El Paso, TX.

Florida

Largest producer of citrus and grapefruit in the USA

St.Johns river Mouth: Atlantic Ocean

Longest river entirely within Florida

'In God We Trust'

Motto, also the official motto of USA

Suwanee river map

Name this black-water river Source: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in GA. Mouth: Gulf of Mexico States: GA/FL

Apalachicola Osceola Ocala (the southernmost NF in the US)

National Forests

1. Castillo De San Marcos National Monument 2. Fort Matanzas NM

National monuments

Biscayne bay The Everglades Dry tortugas

National parks?

Sunshine state

Nickname

Fort Myers to Stuart

Okeechobee Waterway: stretches from which city on the West Coast to which city on the east coast of FL.

Choctawhatchee

River in Florida panhandle

Georgia, SC and Florida

Sea Islands are located close to which states?

Lake Iliamna

Second largest freshwater lake in US?

St.Mary's river

Source: Okefenokee Swamp Mouth: Atlantic Ocean States: GA/FL Name the river?

Inter-bay peninsula

St. Petersburg is located on this peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico

Orange juice

State beverage.

Merritt Island

The Kennedy Space Center is north-northwest of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean on which island?

Lake Apopka,

The largest lake near Orlando,, the 3 rd largest lake of FL.

Okeechobee

Third?

Jacksonville

This city is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida, is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, the 12th most populous city in the United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.

Sun Belt

This is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is thearea south of the 36th parallel.

lake eola

This lake in orlando is actually a sink hole

Caloosahatchee River

What connects Ft.Myers to Lake Okeechobee?

that it flows through swamps or wetlands slowly and has acidic water, dark like tea or coffee

What is a blackwater river?

St.Lucie Canal

Which canal is part of the Okeechobee Waterway. It was built in 1916, to divert floodwaters from Lake Okeechobee to Port St. Lucie

Perdido river

Which river forms the AL/FL border and flows into the Gulf of Mexico (into the Perdido Bay

Red tide

an algae issue on the SW coast of FL.

Pensacola

largest city on the FL panhandle

Lake Okeechobee.

largest lake in Florida,

Britton Hill, 345 feet

lowest Highest Point in the USA., also the highest point in florida

Lake George

second largest lake in Florida,

Cape Sable

southernmost point of the contiguous US

Jacksonville

the largest deepwater port in the South (as well as the second-largest port on the U.S. East coast).

Jacksonville on the St.John's river

this city , the largest city in Florida is also the largest city in the lower 48 States--