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Biscayne Bay

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Biscayne Bay (Bahía Vizcaína in Spanish) is a lagoon that is approximately long and up to wide located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida, United States. [1]

59 relations: Artificial island, Atlantic Ocean, Barrier island, Bay of Biscay, Biscayne Bay, Biscayne Bay Campus, Biscayne National Park, Biscayne Point, Bulkhead (barrier), Card Sound Bridge, Carl G. Fisher, Collins Bridge, Common bottlenose dolphin, Di Lido Island, Drainage basin, Dredging, Florida, Florida Bay, Florida International University, Florida Keys, Florida State Road 922, Florida State Road 934, Greater Downtown Miami, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, Homestead, Florida, I'm on a Boat, Interstate 195 (Florida), Isle of Normandy, John S. Collins, Juan Ponce de León, Key Biscayne, Key Largo, Lagoon, Longshore drift, MacArthur Causeway, Mainland, Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, North Miami, Florida, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, PortMiami, Ralph Munroe, Rickenbacker Causeway, Rivo Alto Island, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, San Marino Island, Sewage, South Florida, Spanish language, Stiltsville, ..., Surface runoff, The Lonely Island, Toll bridge, United States, University of Miami, Venetian Causeway, Venetian Islands, Florida, Virginia Key, West Indian manatee. Expand index (9 more) »

Artificial island

An artificial island or man-made island is an island that has been constructed by people rather than formed by natural means.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Barrier island

Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type of dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas of sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the mainland coast.

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Bay of Biscay

The Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne, Golfo de Vizcaya, Pleg-mor Gwaskogn, Bizkaiko Golkoa) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.

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Biscayne Bay

Biscayne Bay (Bahía Vizcaína in Spanish) is a lagoon that is approximately long and up to wide located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida, United States.

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Biscayne Bay Campus

The Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC), located in North Miami, Florida, is a branch campus of Florida International University.

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Biscayne National Park

Biscayne National Park is an American national park located in southern Florida, south of Miami.

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Biscayne Point

Biscayne Point is a neighborhood of North Beach in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

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Bulkhead (barrier)

A bulkhead is a retaining wall, such as a bulkhead within a ship or a watershed retaining wall.

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Card Sound Bridge

Card Sound Bridge is a high-rise toll causeway connecting southern Miami-Dade County and northern Monroe County.

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Carl G. Fisher

Carl Graham Fisher (January 12, 1874 – July 15, 1939) was an American entrepreneur.

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Collins Bridge

The Collins Bridge was a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay between Miami and Miami Beach, Florida.

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Common bottlenose dolphin

The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, is the most well-known species from the family Delphinidae.

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Di Lido Island

Di Lido Island is a neighborhood of South Beach in the city of Miami Beach on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, United States.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Dredging

Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater, in harbours, shallow seas or freshwater areas with the purpose of gathering up bottom sediments to deepen or widen the sea bottom / channel.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Florida Bay

Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys in the United States.

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Florida International University

Florida International University (FIU) is a metropolitan public research university in Greater Miami, Florida.

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Florida Keys

The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost portion of the continental United States.

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Florida State Road 922

State Road 922 (SR 922) is a east–west road built in 1951, passing through the cities of North Miami, Bay Harbor Islands, and Bal Harbour, Florida.

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Florida State Road 934

State Road 934 (SR 934) runs for from State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) in Medley to SR A1A in Miami Beach.

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Greater Downtown Miami

Downtown Miami is an urban city center, based around the Central Business District of Miami, Florida, United States.

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Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda

Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (c. 1536 – after 1575, dates uncertain) was a Spanish shipwreck survivor who lived among the Indians of Florida for 17 years.

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Homestead, Florida

Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west.

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I'm on a Boat

"I'm on a Boat" is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.

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Interstate 195 (Florida)

Interstate 195 (I-195) is a spur freeway connecting I-95 (its parent route) in the west with Miami Beach in the east.

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Isle of Normandy

Isle of Normandy or Normandy Island or Normandy Isles or Normandy Isle is a neighborhood of North Beach in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

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John S. Collins

John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837-February 11, 1928) was an American Quaker farmer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey who moved to South Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a barrier island which became Miami Beach.

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Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León (1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain in 1474.

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Key Biscayne

Key Biscayne (Cayo Vizcaíno) is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.

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Key Largo

Key Largo (Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the Keys, at long.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

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Longshore drift

Longshore drift is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, sand and shingle) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on oblique incoming wind direction.

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MacArthur Causeway

The General Douglas MacArthur Causeway is a six-lane causeway which connects Downtown, Miami, Florida and South Beach, Miami Beach via Biscayne Bay.

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Mainland

Mainland is a contiguous landmass that is larger and often politically, economically and/or demographically more significant than politically associated remote territories, such as exclaves or oceanic islands situated outside the continental shelf.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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North Miami, Florida

North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami.

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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574) was a Spanish admiral and explorer from the region of Asturias, Spain, who is remembered for planning the first regular trans-oceanic convoys and for founding St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565.

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PortMiami

PortMiami, formally the Dante B. Fascell Port of Miami, is a major seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida.

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Ralph Munroe

Ralph Middleton Munroe (April 3, 1851 – August 20, 1933) was an American yacht designer and early resident of Coconut Grove in south Florida.

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Rickenbacker Causeway

The Rickenbacker Causeway connects Miami, Florida, United States to the barrier islands of Virginia Key and Key Biscayne across Biscayne Bay.

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Rivo Alto Island

Rivo Alto Island is a neighborhood of South Beach in the city of Miami Beach on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, United States.

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Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) is a academic and research institution for the study of oceanography and the atmospheric sciences within the University of Miami (UM).

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San Marino Island

San Marino Island is a neighborhood of South Beach in the city of Miami Beach on a man-made island in Biscayne Bay, Florida, United States.

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Sewage

Sewage (or domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced from a community of people.

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South Florida

South Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southernmost part of the state.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Stiltsville

Stiltsville is a group of wood stilt houses located one mile south of Cape Florida on sand banks of the Safety Valve on the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.

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The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone in Berkeley, California in 2001.

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Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or "toll") is required to pass over.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Miami

The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, U of M, or The U) is a private, nonsectarian research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.

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Venetian Causeway

The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on a barrier island in south Florida.

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Venetian Islands, Florida

The Venetian Islands are a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay in the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, Florida.

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Virginia Key

Virginia Key is a barrier island in Miami, Florida, United States in Biscayne Bay, south of Brickell and north of Key Biscayne.

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West Indian manatee

The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) or "sea cow", also known as American manatee, is the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia (which also includes the dugong and the extinct Steller's sea cow).

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Bay of Biscayne, Biscane Bay, Biscayne Bay, Florida, Safety Valve (Biscayne Bay).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscayne_Bay

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