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BASIN BOUNDARY CONTROL STRUCTURE (S)


 HGS
 LAKE
^ OKEECHOBEE


L-I


L-2


L-6


L-3


L-4 S-8\\


L-5


S-7


Figure 16. Location map of the Everglades Agricultural Area. (Modi-
 fied from Snyder, et al., 1978).



Lake Okeechobee is not coincidence (Figure 16). Before the activities of
man altered the tendency of Lake Okeechobee to overflow along its
southern edge, silt, clay, and organic colloids were mixed with dead
plants to form muck. In this way, the mucks became enriched in the
microelements that peat lacks (Stephens, 1974), enchancing the mucks
as an agricultural growth medium.


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