UNESCO - Everglades National Park - Florida Bay Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Everglades National Park - Florida Bay - Everglades National Park is the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness reserve on the North American continent. Its juncture at the interface of temperate and sub-tropical America, fresh and brackish water, shallow bays and deeper coastal waters creates a complex of habitats supporting a high diversity of flora and fauna. It contains the largest mangrove ecosystem in the Western Hemisphere, the largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie and the most significant breeding ground for wading birds in North America. Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland and the Florida Keys. It is a large, shallow estuary that while connected to the Gulf of Mexico, has limited exchange of water due to various shallow mudbanks covered with seagrass. The banks separate the bay into basins, each with its own unique physical characteristics. Nearly all of Florida Bay is included in Everglades National Park. World Heritage Sites in the USA - Name: Everglades National Park Site: Florida Bay Country: United States of America Location: Florida Inscription: 1979 Category: Natural (viii)(ix)(x) Unesco Ref: 76 (Heritage in Danger) Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the site.