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1972 Albers Equal-Area 25 50 KILOMETERS 50 MILES Albers Equal-Area Conic Atlantic Coastal Ridge ATLANTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN Biscayne average annual Base from U.S. Big Cypress Swamp Biscayne Bay Biscayne Bay STRAITS Caloosahatchee River central meridian 83°00 Charlotte Harbor concentrations Conic projection Standard coral reefs ecosystem Environmental Equal-Area Conic projection estuaries flood Florida Bay Florida Water Management Floridan aquifer flow freshwater Geological Survey digital glades ground-water GULF OF MEXICO hydrologic inflow Kissimmee River Lake Okeechobee land limestone Lucie Canal Lucie River ATLANTIC mangrove Maps marshes mercury MEXICO Charlotte Harbor mi² Miami NAWQA northern Everglades nutrient OCEAN Biscayne Bay Peace River pesticides phosphorus projection Standard Parallels rainfall runoff sea level sediments Shark River Slough Shinn soil South Florida Water St Lucie River Standard Parallels 29°30 STRAITS OF FLORIDA study unit STUDY-UNIT BOUNDARY Survey digital data U.S. Geological Survey water levels Water Management District water quality water-quality watershed wetlands