Everglades Protection Area

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The Everglades Protection Area is a designated region in South Florida established to safeguard the ecological integrity and water quality of the Everglades ecosystem.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Everglades Protection Area canonical 2
Southwest Everglades 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental management unit ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
containsFeature mangrove estuaries ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
sloughs ⓘ
wet prairies ⓘ
containsSpeciesHabitat American alligator ⓘ
Cape Sable seaside sparrow ⓘ
Florida panther ⓘ
West Indian manatee ⓘ
wood stork ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designatedFor protection of Everglades ecosystem ⓘ
protection of water quality ⓘ
protection of wetlands ⓘ
protection of wildlife habitat ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater slough ⓘ
mangrove forest ⓘ
sawgrass marsh ⓘ
subtropical wetland ⓘ
tree island ⓘ
governedBy Florida Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
South Florida Water Management District ⓘ
hasPart Everglades National Park ⓘ
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Water Conservation Area 1 ⓘ
Water Conservation Area 2A ⓘ
Water Conservation Area 2B ⓘ
Water Conservation Area 3A ⓘ
Water Conservation Area 3B ⓘ
legalFramework Everglades Forever Act ⓘ
federal Clean Water Act requirements ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ
locatedInEcoregion Everglades ⓘ
managedFor flood control compatibility ⓘ
long-term ecological integrity ⓘ
water supply protection ⓘ
overseenBy United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
partOf Greater Everglades ecosystem ⓘ
primaryObjective maintain and improve water quality ⓘ
preserve biodiversity ⓘ
restore natural hydrologic patterns ⓘ
relatedProgram Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan ⓘ
Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural runoff ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
nutrient pollution ⓘ
urban development ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Water Conservation Areas → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Everglades Protection Area ⓘ
Whitewater Bay → region → Southwest Everglades ⓘ
linked to: Everglades Protection Area
Everglades Agricultural Area → locatedNorthOf → Everglades Protection Area ⓘ